Did Barack Obama try to ban Fox News from the White House? Fact checking claim amid Trump's media ban
Trump bans Politico, MS Now & CNN from WH. Supporters claim Obama tried banning Fox in 2009. But Fox was briefly excluded from one interview, later reinstated.
A recent claim has surfaced, suggesting that President Barack Obama once sought to ban Fox News from the White House. However, this assertion is not entirely accurate. The controversy originated from a heated feud between the Obama administration and Fox News during his second term. In October 2009, tensions escalated when the Treasury Department attempted to exclude a Fox journalist from a multi-network press pool intended for interviews with the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation.
The White House accused Fox of functioning as the Republican Party's political arm, exacerbating the dispute.
The exclusion lasted for a short period, but the Obama administration swiftly reinstated Fox News' participation in the press pool. This decision was influenced by protests from other news outlets, including CNN. As a result, Fox News was able to cover the interview following the administration's reversal. Despite this, the claim that Barack Obama attempted to ban Fox News from the White House remains false.
The incident was relatively brief, lasting only a few hours, and the administration ultimately allowed Fox News to resume its coverage.
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