MEDIA BURIES XI STATE VISIT, NETWORKS COVER THEMSELVES | WAR ROOM AM W STEVE BANNON | 9/25/26
Chinese President Xi Jinping's first White House visit in more than a decade wrapped Thursday night with a South Lawn arrival, military honors, a B-2 / F-22 flyover, Oval Office talks, and a state dinner packed with U.S. tech chiefs. Steve Bannon says the networks showed almost none of it. He is not selling the visit. He is saying it was still huge news — and they skipped the tape.
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were banned from the White House last week. A federal judge ordered their access restored Thursday. Hours later, reporters were still being blocked from dinner arrivals. Bannon and Neil…
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