Vance: "He's not banning media outlets"

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Vice President JD Vance argued Monday that President Trump's decision to bar three national news outlets from the White House is not a press ban but a strategy to combat what he calls propaganda. "He's not banning media outlets. What he's doing is saying we're not going to give you special access to the White House if you engage in what is effectively propaganda," he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews. "They can still report, they still have the access to free speech, they're just not going to get an office in the White House anymore, and I think that's totally appropriate, unless of course, they start to behave like real news organizations." President Trump on Friday barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House over coverage he argues is unfair to his administration. The three news outlets filed a lawsuit on Monday asking a federal court to immediately block the ban and restore their reporters' access to the White House. "President Trump has said in no uncertain te