The media has been clutching its collective pearls over President Donald Trump’s ban, but where was the hysteria during the previous presidency?
With claims of an “assault” on the free press being thrown around following the ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, OAN’s Chanel Rion thought it was only right to remind viewers of the way she and her network were treated under former President Joe Biden.
Watch:
“If you remember… Dan… we were not only unceremoniously removed… our seat was removed from the White House Briefing Room chart… we were then told that we would be allowed in at the grace of the White House Correspondents’ Association… which prompted me to start a…… pic.twitter.com/PTeghla68B
— One America News (@OANN) September 22, 2026
If you remember, Dan, we were not only unceremoniously removed, you know, our seat was removed from the White House Briefing Room chart. We were then told that we would be allowed in at the grace of the White House Correspondents’ Association, which prompted me to start a- what felt like a one-woman war against the WHCA. And people couldn’t believe that I would speak out against the WHCA,” Rion revealed. “‘How could you do that? You’re ruining your career. You’ll never be able to be invited to these places, or be friends with these people again.’ I said, I’m not friends with these people. They don’t run the White House Briefing Room; they act like they’re this official organization and entity, the White House Correspondents’ Association, and they’re not. They’re this struggling, private non-profit group that operates on the White House grounds at the grace of the president, whoever’s sitting in there at the time. At the grace of the White House Press Office. I was stunned, Dan, as someone who was brand new to the field of media, that no one until that point, until we were kicked out, no one until that point had raised this question.”
X users reacted to the trip down memory lane:
You guys deserve a front row seat! So happy all of the fake news is getting kicked to the curb.
— Sonya Richardson (@Tuscany2011) September 22, 2026
And bc of all that bs you were removed from DirecTV. The left doesn’t care about 1st amendment rights or any others unless it affects them.
— oldzkooler (@boomerangered) September 22, 2026
I remember this! And direct tv removed OAN and Newsmax from their line up. Conservative channels and reporters have been banned for years.
— Jennifer Landreth (@jlandreth66) September 22, 2026
i wondered what happened to OAN- i remember watching J6 on their app & would catch news on it here & there as an alt source. next thing i knew, they were discredited as a news org but i never knew why. some vague “RW fake news” crap.
well well welly well well how the turntables.— stephanie cameron (@khemo5) September 22, 2026
I remember! Chanel and OAN was the first thing I thought of. I hope she makes an appearance at a White House briefing.
— Adam (@mrlanda720) September 22, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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