Students at Wright discuss White House’s media ban

The Trump administration’s restrictions on news coverage from CNN, MS NOW and Politico in the White House has raised concerns among students at Wright.

 Shaili Lillard, a first-year at Wright, questions whether limiting access to news organizations could conflict with America’s constitutional values.

“I feel like he’s trying to cover up a lot of stuff," Lillard said.  “We have a Constitution for a reason, and that's not constitutional.” 

Christian Talez, a first-year business major, expressed concerns about the restrictions’s potential impact on freedom of the press. 

“As Americans, we value freedom of speech and the freedom to have every type of news,” Talez said. 

Students’ reactions reflect broader concerns about the relationship between the government and the media, and how much control one should have over the other. 

Talez expressed concerns over the removal of news coverage.  

“That removes full understanding of what goes on in our own government,” Talez said.

According to the BBC, Trump’s restrictions have been lifted by Federal Judge Timothy Kelly who stated that the restrictions, “likely violated their constitutional due process rights.”

Illustration of different news broadcast stations with the word, “censored” across them. (Illustration Credits: Nicholas Rodriguez.)