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Tom Bevan is an American political commentator and co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics. He co-hosts the RealClearPolitics podcast and writes about elections, political opinion and the news media.
We have documented 1 statement by Tom Bevan, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
Case updates
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Role at the time: RealClearPolitics co-founder and president, speaking on its podcast
Condemned
Statement summary
Bevan calls the White House ban counterproductive and says it turns the press into a victim.
“It turns the press into a victim instead of what they are. Don't turn around and help them by making them be able to portray themselves as this champion of the First Amendment, champion of free speech.”
Trump announced a White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico over their coverage. Read his original post, the outlets' responses and their accounts of reporters being refused entry.