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Justice Department probes TV networks over Trump pool coverage, New York Times reports
The Antitrust Division is examining whether five networks coordinated a brief coverage boycott that could amount to an illegal group boycott under the Sherman Act.
- The Justice Department is investigating five networks—ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News—over pool coverage of President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
- Networks briefly stopped pool coverage after President Trump banned CNN and Politico from White House events; the pool system shares costs and organizes coverage nationwide.
- A Justice Department spokesperson told the New York Times that "Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act" while the Antitrust Division investigates.
- The networks later reinstated coverage of the Republican president while the Antitrust Division determines whether the brief stoppage violated antitrust laws.
- Reuters and the New York Times reported the investigation on Saturday, citing six people with knowledge of the Justice Department's action and legal theory.
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C 80%
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