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Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, agreed it was "difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than Trump banning news outlets from the People's House for criticizing the government." "It's also hard to imagine a dumber move," he said. "The historically unpopular president has been retaliating against the press for years, but it hasn't helped him. The press keeps exposing his corruption and his failures. These outrageous attacks only demonstrate how scared he is of an informed public."