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Reuters attributes the ban to Trump’s stated objection to coverage he called fake news, not to poor polling or presidential failures. DIRECT_TEXT

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Trump’s announcement on Friday that he would ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico for reporting what he deemed “FAKE NEWS” was the latest move ‌by his administration to curtail press access, part of the Republican president’s wider pressure campaign against news coverage he dislikes.