Fox News and Other Outlets Join CNN Fight Over Press Access to White House
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 11/15/2018, 1:44 p.m.
CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's access to the White House.
More than a dozen news outlets -- from the Associated Press to USA Today, The Washington Post and Politico -- are filing friend-of-the-court briefs to support CNN and Jim Acosta's lawsuit against President Trump and several top aides. The list represents most of the biggest news organizations in the United States. The most notable name on the list is Fox News. In fact, Fox went further than most other media companies on Wednesday, issuing a statement that said "Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized." The statement came from Jay Wallace, the president of Fox News, hours after Fox commentators like Sean Hannity publicly criticized Acosta and CNN. The two networks have been rivals for two decades -- but Wallace said this case is about the free press. Fred Ryan, the publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, also expressed his support for the action in a separate statement. Wednesday morning's statement listed The Associated Press, Bloomberg, First Look Media, Gannett, NBC News, The New York Times, Politico, USA Today, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Press Freedom Defense Fund, and the E.W. Scripps Company.
