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The passage quotes the banning announcement naming MSNOW but contains no parenthetical about a name change from MSNBC or its reasons. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: WATCH: Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:c467bbf0d2e5f771e799133efd187b08e446b1dfc17a789d2a6574b2b6d34d68

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The president wrote on his social media site that effective immediately, "I am banning" CNN, MSNOW and Politico "from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!" "Media Outlets shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they're covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America," Trump wrote. "Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow."

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