Trump Banned the Media. This Time, the Media Struck Back.
Podcast:The Daily Published On: Tue Sep 22 2026 Description: For every day of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, there has been a camera from a major television network pointed at him. But on Monday, that all changed.Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Michael M. Grynbaum discuss the face-off between the president and the press. Guest:Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York TimesMichael M. Grynbaum, a media correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from the White House after President Trump’s ban.Networks suspended pool coverage of the president after the White House barred CNN.Photo: Andrew Leyden for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.