The Week: Trump vs the Press, Meta’s AI Win, and the Turning Political Tide

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George Hahn (1:43)

Welcome to The Week from Prof G Media, where we break down what mattered and what it all means. I'm George Hahn and it's Friday, September 25th. Today, the White House shuts out three news outlets and CNN gets a new owner. Then, how Meta's AI agent got to the top of the App Store. And finally, what Iran and Canada mean for the midterms.

Let's get into it.

To start, last Friday, President Trump banned CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House. Reporters from those outlets showed up to find their badges no longer worked. The other networks, Fox included, pulled out of the White House press pool in solidarity. Here's what Scott and Jess had to say on Monday's Raging Moderates.

Jess (2:38)

All the footage is going to come from the White House. That's exactly how they want it. It's crazy to me. I was watching Scott Besson this morning with Joe Kernan on CNBC.

Kernan likes Trump a good amount. It takes a lot to get him fired up, and he is fired up about this assault on the First Amendment. Besson said, I don't really know the details. I was away when this happened. They're also spineless.

But this quote from Trump, it just sticks with you and it sits on you. Like, how did we get here? He says about what's going on, it's sick. I mean, there's something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stuff. Now, if they want to write them, that's fine, but I don't have to let them in my, into the people's house, into my, the people's house. It is not your house. You are a short-term tenant. You are a renter, at the very least.

Scott Galloway (3:32)

The White House is public space. Taxpayers pay for it. And a key component of a healthy democracy is press.

And no, the president does not have the right to start cherry picking only friendly press. My sense is, and I'm curious because you're closer to this group than I am, that even Fox doesn't like this. And eventually, everyone's going to like, okay, you throw a party and you think only people who like you and tell you how handsome you are are going to show up to your party. Well, you're not going to have a party.

No one's going to show up. My sense is they're all going to rally together. The majority of the press is going to rally together. And at some point, other than the Daily Wire or the Daily Call or whatever, or at some point, these press briefings are just going to look very sad and very weird. What do you think is going to happen here?