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By barring CNN, the White House has thrown a staple of TV news coverage into disarray.
Major US television networks including ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC suspended pooled coverage of Donald Trump at the White House after the administration barred certain outlets, including CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the grounds. The collective refusal, reported on September 21, 2026, escalated the administration's confrontation with the White House press corps and drew widespread condemnation.
NYTimes – Business By barring CNN, the White House has thrown a staple of TV news coverage into disarray.
NYTimes – Business By barring CNN, the White House has thrown a staple of TV news coverage into disarray.
ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate after presidential ban that prompted widespread condemnation Major US TV news networks agreed to refuse to air coverage of Donald Trump’s White House after the administration banned certain media outlets including CNN from the grounds. The ban left CNN unable to fulfill its duties as Monday’s White House designated pool broadcaster. Continue reading...
NYTimes – Business The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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