Trump shocks the media world by banning CNN, Politico, and MS Now from the White House, branding their reporting “fiction and lies” — a move critics say echoes authoritarian tactics. He claims courts should shut down fake news and insists only outlets like Breitbart and Fox News give him fair coverage. This isn’t his first brush with media restrictions — past attempts to ban CNN’s Jim Acosta and exclude AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico show a pattern. Meanwhile, Pentagon reports may undercount military deaths in the Iran war, with officials hinting at a higher toll than the official 18 — leaving the public in the dark. The fallout raises urgent questions about press freedom and the future of truthful political reporting.
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