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

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 (https://www.nytimes.com/by/zolan-kann...) , a White House correspondent for The New York Times • Michael M. Grynbaum (https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-m-...) , a media correspondent for The New York Times. Background reading:  • CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from the White House (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/bu...) after President Trump’s ban. • Networks suspended pool coverage of the president (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/bu...) 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 (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-t...) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://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-acce.... For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.