ROOKE: Journalists Banned From White House Receive Vomit-Inducing Hero’s Welcome Upon Return

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico returned to the White House on Thursday, days after being barred from the complex, and were met by colleagues with applause, selfies and celebratory coverage of their walk back onto the grounds. The three outlets had been shut out starting the previous Friday, and their return followed a 14-day temporary restraining order from U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, whom commentary writer Mary Rooke noted was appointed by President Donald Trump, according to Daily Caller.

Trump had announced the ban in a Truth Social post, saying the outlets should not have privileged access while they "constantly write or report FICTION and LIES." Rooke argued that White House access is a privilege presidents of both parties have long controlled, and that the celebration overshadowed President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House that same day. She likened the reaction to soldiers raising a flag and compared other networks' embrace of the returning reporters to "clapping walruses," noting that outlets which had pulled out of the television pool in solidarity now treated the correspondents as symbols of journalistic courage.

Rooke contended the display would strike ordinary Americans as further proof that the press corps views any accountability effort as an attack on press freedom, writing that there is "no such thing as self-examination among the morally superior" within the industry.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Daily Caller’s reporting. Read the full story at Daily Caller →