Gretchen Carlson on press under Trump: ‘It’s my hope journalists will start speaking up’

In an interview before the White House’s media ban, Carlson called on reporters to push back against Trump’s misogyny Donald Trump has achieved something rarely seen in Washington: uniting rival television networks against him. When he banned CNN and MS Now – along with Politico – from the White House, their competitors suspended shared coverage of the US president’s events. Gretchen Carlson , a journalist, author and former Fox News host, hopes this will not be the only example of solidarity from a White House press corps facing what she describes as an “outright onslaught” from the administration. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by David Smith in Washington. Read the full story at the source.