Major TV networks to halt shared video coverage of Trump over CNN ban
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News declined to replace CNN, leaving no television camera to cover Trump’s presidential events, the networks said.
- On Monday, the White House television pool stopped covering President Donald Trump after the administration banned CNN from participating, leaving events without video coverage during his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- President Trump previously banned CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House, with reporters from all three publications turned away on Saturday, prompting other networks to take action in solidarity.
- Five major networks—ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News—traditionally share pool responsibility on a rotating basis, providing live footage to the wider press corps; CNN was scheduled as primary network for the New York trip.
- Pool chair Bryan Boughton of Fox News confirmed on Monday that no replacement pool will be put in place, stating, "Effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President."
- CNN, MSNOW, and Politico are preparing a First Amendment lawsuit against the White House, asserting, "We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.
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Trump inaugurates White House helipad but networks skip coverage over media ban
US President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away because CNN was not allowed to cover the event. Trump used oversized gold scissors to cut a red, white and blue ribbon. He then exchanged handshakes with officials wearing green construction smocks and hard hats – seeking to portray business as u…
The White House issued a curfew to, among other things, the television channel CNN.
The five leading American television stations suspended the standard pool coverage of the President after CNN was not allowed to perform its next duties in the television pool
The American television stations CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox today supported CNN, which was vetoed on Friday to cover matters at the White House, and will stop covering President Donald Trump's activities.
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