{"id":675971,"date":"2026-09-26T11:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=675971"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:42:08","slug":"grounded-cnn-booted-from-air-force-one-heres-who-got-the-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=675971","title":{"rendered":"Grounded! CNN booted from Air Force One \u2013 here\u2019s who got the seat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The White House has booted CNN from Air Force One and replaced its employees with two MAGA-friendly outlets to fly with President Donald J. Trump on Saturday.<\/p>\n

When Trump travels to Knoxville, Tennessee, for the college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Texas Longhorns, it will be LindellTV and Real America\u2019s Voice that take CNN\u2019s place in the pool, the proverbial chef\u2019s kiss after a federal judge blocked his ban on three \u201cfake news\u201d organizations from the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet\u2019s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks,\u201d huffed anchor Kaitlan Collins in a Friday night post to X after the news broke.<\/p>\n

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The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet\u2019s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks. https:\/\/t.co\/D16Sq92nYb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe White House is now preventing CNN from carrying out their TV duties,\u201d whined CNN reporter Alayna Treene to Anderson Cooper about the painful wound to the self-proclaimed \u201cmost trusted\u201d name in news\u2019s sense of entitlement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the system that allows the networks to share video of the president with the whole country. If they aren\u2019t there, the pool can\u2019t function,\u201d Fox News\u2019 Jacqui Heinrich, who also serves as president of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association (WHCA), told CNN.<\/p>\n

But that won\u2019t be the case, as RAV and LindellTV will get their opportunity to step up to the plate to provide the pool coverage, which will be broadcast on social media.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: CNN is NOT being allowed to travel to Tennessee tomorrow with President Trump aboard Air Force One<\/p>\n

Instead, @RealAmVoice<\/a> will be allocated seats on board to cover 47\u2019s trip, and it\u2019ll be broadcasted right here on<\/p>\n

CUE THE MELTDOWN pic.twitter.com\/zu2EoSXLU0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The pool consists of five major networks \u2013 ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News \u2013 that cover the president every day to ensure that the American people are informed on the duties of their elected leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did hear our outside lawyer representing CNN, Politico, and MS NOW say earlier today that he believed the restoration of the outlet\u2019s access included the White House pool, but clearly this White House is keeping us from doing so,\u201d Treene told Cooper. \u201cWe know that they are definitely singling us out here.\u201d<\/p>\n

LindellTV founder and Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell cheered the news.<\/p>\n

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Great news! LindellTV is publicly traded
\nStock symbol $MLMC<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/0xY8BLgu01<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Lindell (@realMikeLindell) September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

X users relished CNN\u2019s comeuppance.<\/p>\n

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CNN just lost the Air Force One seat it treated like a birthright.<\/p>\n

1. Trump barred CNN from tomorrow\u2019s Tennessee flight.<\/p>\n

2. Real America\u2019s Voice got the pool seats instead.<\/p>\n

3. The coverage streams live on X, not cable.<\/p>\n

4. Hostile coverage finally cost them automatic access.\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pamela Hensley (@PamelaHensley22) September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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He may have to allow them into his home\u2026 but they can stay TF off his plane!<\/p>\n

Trump nixes CNN, MS Whatever it is Now, and Politico from Air Force One for the Tennessee trip.<\/p>\n

I hear Greyhound and Amtrak are running decent fares lately!<\/p>\n

Source: The Independent \/ Writer:\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/h8mKVDh7Md<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Try being an impartial news outlet, then maybe you will get your PRIVILEGE back.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steve Baines (@stevebainz) September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico,\u201d Trump announced on Truth Social last week, with the impacted outlets rushing to a friendly judge to have the ban temporarily overruled.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly issued a 14-day temporary restraining order on the ban, ruling that access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico be reinstated while the legal fight plays out.<\/p>\n

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The White House has booted CNN from Air Force One and replaced its employees with two MAGA-friendly outlets to fly with President Donald J. Trump on Saturday. When Trump travels to Knoxville, Tennessee, for the college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Texas Longhorns, it will be LindellTV and Real America\u2019s Voice that take… Continue reading Grounded! CNN booted from Air Force One \u2013 here\u2019s who got the seat<\/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-675971","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\/675971","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=675971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=675971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=675971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=675971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}