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Pro-Trump Network Booted from White House Briefings for Violating Social-Distancing Guidelines: VIDEO

John Wright April 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

The White House Correspondents Association has barred a pro-Trump cable network from participating in briefings after one of its reporters repeatedly violated the organization's social-distancing rules.

WHCA Statement on Removing News Organization from News Briefing Seat Rotation pic.twitter.com/KL3XcPq7Rt

— WHCA (@whca) April 1, 2020

The WHCA's temporary rules during the coronavirus pandemic limit the number of reporters in the White House briefing room, require them to sit a certain distance apart, and prohibit them from standing along the sides or back.

Chanel Rion, a correspondent for the right-wing cable channel One America News Network, has violated the rules on at least two occasions this week by standing in the back of the room, according to reports. On Wednesday, when a WHCA representative confronted Rion and asked her to leave, she refused, saying she was a special guest of White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.

Reporter @ChanelRion of @OANN asks Defense Secretary Esper about the @WHO confirming Iran is downplaying its cases of coronavirus:pic.twitter.com/DJUwF6a62n

— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) April 1, 2020

The Washington Post reports: Rion and her employer, a tiny conservative cable outlet known as OANN, appear to have gotten special permission from the White House, in violation of the guidelines. The reasons, and the source of the approval, are unclear, but OANN and Rion have a history of reporting favorably about Trump. Rion herself has pushed conspiracy theories that advance his political interests, such as the unfounded allegation that officials in Ukraine secretly manipulated the 2016 election to help Hillary Clinton. Trump, in turn, has tweeted praise of OANN's reporting dozens of times. The White House, in effect, on Tuesday bent the rules — which were designed to ensure the health of journalists, the president and the nation's top public-health officials — in granting access and a national spotlight to a correspondent from an obscure but Trump-friendly news outlet.

Fake News OANN using Chanel Rion, an Asian American reporter, to justify Trump's use of the racist term “Chinese Virus,” is an insult to the Asian American community. We overwhelmingly condemn it and are subjected to hate crimes and violence because of it. pic.twitter.com/sPXpoMY577

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 19, 2020

#HappeningNow: White House Daily Briefing bringing national security firepower today.@OANN pic.twitter.com/ZD0j1KO5mJ

— Chanel Rion OAN (@ChanelRion) April 1, 2020

OANN's Chanel Rion: Two states have suspended elective abortion to make more resources available for coronavirus … Do you agree with states placing coronavirus victims above elective abortions?

TRUMP: I think what we're doing is … working together to solve this problem. pic.twitter.com/KHcwPDM8lK

— August Takala (@RudyTakala) March 30, 2020

@ChanelRion this says it all how she gets in to presser with no seat!! pic.twitter.com/A9eIOwfO50

— Steve (@sevteva) April 2, 2020

Chanel Rion of OAN, seen here: pic.twitter.com/zva22gP2eN

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 30, 2020

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