{"id":672704,"date":"2026-09-22T18:21:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=672704"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:21:35","slug":"scott-jennings-works-for-cnn-so-his-colleague-asked-how-he-feels-about-trump-kicking-cnn-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=672704","title":{"rendered":"Scott Jennings works for CNN. So his colleague asked how he feels about Trump kicking CNN out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CNN\u2019s Scott Jennings was asked whether he supports the outlet being banned from the White House on Monday.<\/p>\n

Joining the\u00a0CNN NewsNight<\/em> panel, Jennings was put on the spot as a potential contender for the next White House Press Secretary. CNN\u2019s Sara Sidner brought up the subject to ask him whether he supports the outlet being barred from the White House, prompting the commentator to give a thoughtful analysis of the current situation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cScott, I don\u2019t know if you know this, but your name is up for running for the next press secretary,\u201d Sidner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHm,\u201d he responded, giving nothing away.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, do you support the president\u2019s ban on the press?\u201d Sidner pressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s unlikely to prevail in court, A,\u201d Jennings explained. \u201cB, it seems to me the net result of this has been that he has less reach. I mean, his message is not going to get out as much. If this is sort of becomes the way it is, he will be seen and heard by fewer people, which I think is actually a net negative since he\u2019s his own best spokesperson and his own best press secretary. Number three, I actually think sparring with some of these folks in the Oval works to his advantage. And so if you take them out, you lose that a little bit. So, my view is this is unlikely to stick based on what I\u2019ve\u2013 I\u2019m not a lawyer either, but based on what I\u2019ve heard, it\u2019s unlikely to stick. And it may be a little self-defeating if you consider that you want the president to be heard and seen more like I do. This seems to be working against that. So we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if you\u2019re press secretary, you\u2019re not gonna do that? Is that what you\u2019re pledging here right now?\u201d Washington Post<\/em> columnist Josh Rogin cut in, trying to pin Jennings down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not\u2013 I\u2019m not answering that,\u201d the commentator responded. \u201cCan I add one more thing? Actually, I actually think there\u2019s a difference between, truthfully, CNN and Politico, and MS NOW. You watch MS NOW for 10 minutes, it\u2019s like total alternate reality. I actually think there\u2019s a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, some people might say that about Fox,\u201d Sidner suggested.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, Obama. He said that about Fox,\u201d Jennings chuckled.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me just ask you, though. Do you support the president\u2019s ban on the press? Because, I mean, you work here at CNN. Do you think the journalists here are reporting fake news?\u201d she continued, not easing up on the topic.<\/p>\n

\u201cUh, I sometimes strongly disagree with the framing. But no, I think we need to cover the news here, and I think we still can cover the news. But I consider this to be a news outlet. I consider Politico to be a news outlet. MS is a different story in my view,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

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CNN\u2019s Scott Jennings was asked whether he supports the outlet being banned from the White House on Monday. Joining the\u00a0CNN NewsNight panel, Jennings was put on the spot as a potential contender for the next White House Press Secretary. CNN\u2019s Sara Sidner brought up the subject to ask him whether he supports the outlet being… Continue reading Scott Jennings works for CNN. So his colleague asked how he feels about Trump kicking CNN out<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-672704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=672704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=672704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=672704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=672704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}