Trump Banned the Media. This Time, the Media Struck Back.

About this episode

<p>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.</p><p>Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Michael M. Grynbaum discuss the face-off between the president and the press.&nbsp;</p><p>Guest:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/zolan-kanno-youngs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Zolan Kanno-Youngs</strong></a>, a White House correspondent for The New York Times</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-m-grynbaum" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Michael M. Grynbaum</strong></a>, a media correspondent for The New York Times.</li></ul><p>Background reading:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/media/trump-white-house-press-ban.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from the White House</a> after President Trump’s ban.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/business/media/cnn-trump-press-pool-ban.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Networks suspended pool coverage of the president</a> after the White House barred CNN.</li></ul><p>Photo: Andrew Leyden for The New York Times</p> <p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>