{"id":444140,"date":"2026-09-22T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444140\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:26:08","slug":"espn-legend-woody-paige-is-publicly-calling-out-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444140\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Legend Woody Paige Is Publicly Calling Out President Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN \u201cAround the Horn\u201d legend Woody Paige is publicly calling out U.S. President Donald J. Trump on social media.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump announced last week that he was banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House press pool. President Trump, 80, referred to the three outlets as \u201cfake news.\u201d Those three outlets have since sued on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/21\/business\/media\/trump-white-house-ban-lawsuit-cnn-politico-msnow.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to regain access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News and other outlets have joined in on a boycott of President Trump coverage in the wake of the banning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the president,\u201d Bryan Boughton, the Washington bureau chief at Fox News, wrote in a note to television pool members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis follows the White House\u2019s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties,\u201d Boughton wrote. \u201cThere will be no replacement pool put in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The five networks later released a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/04f8e406-0804-4140-b92c-29ba80db2247.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"911\" title=\"04f8e406-0804-4140-b92c-29ba80db2247\" alt=\" President Donald Trump participates in the closing ceremony of the Patriot Games Aug. 11, 2026, in Geneva, Ohio. \"\/>                                                                                     President Donald Trump participates in the closing ceremony of the Patriot Games Aug. 11, 2026, in Geneva, Ohio.                                                                                                                                                                         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Former ESPN star calls out President Trump<\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cAround the Horn\u201d star publicly called out the President of the United States on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe self-proclaimed Greatest U.S. president in history does not believe in the First Amendment and the Ninth Commandment,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/woodypaige\/status\/2102164208280592449\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>ESPN doesn\u2019t typically get into politics, but that doesn\u2019t stop its current and former star employees from tweeting about things when they feel it\u2019s important.<\/p>\n<p>Paige, a longtime newspaper columnist for the Denver Post, clearly feels that this is an issue worth speaking up about, given his long history in the journalism world.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be interesting to see if others linked to ESPN do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright The Arena Group, Inc. 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