Gretchen Carlson on press under Trump: ‘It’s my hope journalists will start speaking up’
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#78JW4)
In an interview before the White House's media ban, Carlson called on reporters to push back against Trump's misogyny
Donald Trump has achieved something rarely seen in Washington: uniting rival television networks against him. When he banned CNN and MS Now - along with Politico - from the White House, their competitors suspended shared coverage of the US president's events.
Gretchen Carlson, a journalist, author and former Fox News host, hopes this will not be the only example of solidarity from a White House press corps facing what she describes as an outright onslaught" from the administration.
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