Brit Hume says "100%" to Turley's criticism and that Trump is "dreaming" if he expects more favorable coverage
Chief political analyst at Fox News Channel, on his personal X account
“100%. And If he thinks this will lead to more favorable coverage, I think he's dreaming.”
Source and context
Original post
About this source
Hume's own quote-post on his X account (id 112047805, verified badge; the account is linked from his Fox News bio page). It quotes Jonathan Turley's first post of the thread (2101041961499058481). Read through https://api.fxtwitter.com/brithume/status/2101055219647815804, which shows the quoted post, and confirmed through X's syndication endpoint (author, timestamp, text). The excerpt is Hume's comment only; the quoted words are Turley's.
Original post
About this source
Turley's own long-form post (about 52 words) on his X account (id 94784682, verified badge). Read in full through https://api.fxtwitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/2101041961499058481. X's syndication endpoint confirms the author, timestamp and the opening of the post but truncates it after 'from the White', so the tail of the excerpt rests on the fxtwitter read of the full post text. The post's first sentence says Trump had just reaffirmed his intention to ban CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, and its second sentence calls such a move an assault on free-press principles.
Reporting
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Roundup of Fox News figures' reactions published Sept. 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM ET. It reports that Hume agreed by quote-tweeting Turley and reproduces his comment as a block quotation matching the original. The outlet's headline wording is its own characterization and is not adopted here. Opened directly (HTTP 200).
Reporting
About this source
Used for context only: it reports that Trump wrote on Truth Social around 3 p.m. Eastern, defended the announcement in the Oval Office about an hour later, that there was no indication his administration had taken steps to follow through, that CNN reporters remained in their White House workspace into Friday evening, and that the White House Press Office referred questions to those remarks. It does not record any statement by Fleischer, Turley or Hume.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Before the quotation
Around 3 p.m. EDT on September 18, 2026, President Trump said on Truth Social that he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW and Politico "from the White House" over their coverage, and about an hour later he defended the announcement in Oval Office remarks. At 4:13 p.m. EDT, Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley posted criticism of the move, and Hume quote-posted Turley's post at 5:06 p.m. EDT.
After the quotation
Mediaite included Hume's post in a roundup of Fox News figures' reactions published at 7:21 p.m. EDT. In an article updated at 10:12 p.m. EDT, CNN reported there was no indication the administration had taken steps to follow through and that the White House Press Office had referred questions to Trump's Oval Office remarks.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should President Trump bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House over their coverage?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The case's fixed reference point is President Trump's announcement, by Truth Social post and again in the Oval Office on September 18, 2026, that CNN, MS NOW and Politico are banned from the White House because of their coverage, that is, excluding named news organizations from White House access over what they report. Hume quote-posts Jonathan Turley's criticism of the announced exclusion with "100%," an express statement of agreement, and adds that Trump is "dreaming" if he expects it to bring more favorable coverage, a practical argument against the move. The closest competing label is minimizes, because predicting that the move will not achieve its aim could be read as downplaying its consequences. That loses because Hume pairs the prediction with agreement that the exclusion is objectionable, which treats it as something to oppose rather than as inconsequential.
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