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6 US citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders

South China Morning PostUnited States of America

6 US citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders

In the increasingly bitter legal stand-off between US President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: citizens who watch and read the news and need it to do their jobs. A lawsuit filed on Monday on behalf of six such citizens – effectively representing the audiences for the news media – argues that it is not only the rights of news organisations that are violated when Trump bans them from White House premises. Even more...

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