Politico dice que fue rechazado de la Casa Blanca poco después de MS NOW y CNN - fox34.com

The White House denied access to reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would bar all three outlets over coverage he called "fake news."

Betsy Klein of CNN and Akayla Gardner of MS NOW both went live outside the White House to report they had been turned away. Trump had announced Friday he planned to ban the three organizations because he disliked how they covered him, and the White House followed through the next day.

Press freedom advocates call it a clear escalation of Trump's ongoing effort to restrict coverage from journalists he finds objectionable, a goal he has pursued through the courts and through administrative moves for months. This latest incident marks another test of how far a president can go in limiting First Amendment protections for reporters covering the executive branch.

For people who get their national news through television and wire services, including viewers who tune into local coverage of Washington, this matters because it changes who gets to ask the president questions in person. When major outlets lose access, the pool of reporters able to report firsthand from the White House shrinks, affecting what information reaches households far from Washington, including here in West Texas.

Three outlets banned in two days raises a question nobody in the White House press corps has fully answered yet. Who's next.