On 21 September, the Trump White House removed CNN from broadcast pool duties and banned multiple media outlets including MS Now and Politico. Major TV networks subsequently refused pool coverage duties in solidarity, though Trump addressed the UN General Assembly via UN broadcaster feeds on 22 September. Trump suggested he would reconsider if courts intervened.
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The move was an escalation of President Trump’s clashes with the news media and left uncertain which network would cover his visit to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.
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United against trump: www.politico.com/news/2026/09... The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.
The aftermath of banning CNN and MS Now and Politico from WH briefings. Politico: Major TV networks decline White House pool duties Monday https://www. politico.com/news/2026/09/21/n etworks-white-house-pool-duty-01086044 @ politico
www.politico.com/news/2026/09... The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.
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Read "Major TV networks decline White House pool duties" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8xqUxjpu/w... The nation’s major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/21/networks-white-house-pool-duty-01086044 The WH Pool stops covering Trump. Finally, it appears our press corps has found the remains of their collective spines. First good news of the day !
FINALLY someone shows a sign of having located some spine. https://deadline.com/2026/09/trump-white-house-ban-network-pool-boycott-1237109198/ ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and CNN will not be providing TV pool coverage in reaction to the president's restriction.
CNN, MS Now and Politico said on Monday they are suing President Donald Trump and other members of his administration to protect their rights under the US Constitution’s First Amendment after he banned the news outlets from the White House building grounds. The three news organisations said they have notified the government that they were filing their lawsuit in the US District Court for the Distr
www.mediaite.com/media/news/j... The five networks which make up the White House TV press pool have banded together to effectively boycott pool coverage of Trump in response to his media ban.
🚨Breaking "Networks Halt TV Pool Coverage Of Trump In Protest Of President’s Ban" CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS & even Fox "News" working together to protest Trump's assault on a # FreePress No access? No cameras No attention Finally Corporate Media is fighting back https:// deadline.com/2026/09/trump-whi te-house-ban-network-pool-boycott-1237109198/
The press pool boycott includes Fox News 🦊 “CNN’s Kaitlan Collins the pool action means that 'when the president does anything today, there will be no TV camera with the president that is broadcasting and sharing this footage' with the wider press corps and networks around the world.” Four of the five TV networks that provide White House pool coverage of President Donald Trump -- ABC, CBS, NBC an
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In a joint statement, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and NBC News say "no administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting" (Todd Spangler/Variety) https:// variety.com/2026/tv/news/tv-ne tworks-suspend-white-house-pool-protest-trump-cnn-ban-1236871070/ http:// mediagazer.com/260921/p12#a260 921p12
Major TV networks that rotate covering the president for wider media distribution say they will not do so moving forward after President Trump banned three media outlets from the White House last week. Fox News Media, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and CNN responded to the ban in a rare joint statement, saying “the public...
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Television news networks are now refusing to provide pool coverage of President Trump's activities at the White House after the administration banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico. NBC News' Garrett Haake has details on the latest developments between the president and the media.
Goddamn right www.newsnationnow.com/politics/whi... Fox News Media, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and CNN, responded to the ban in a rare joint statement
Read it for free: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... #NEWS After President Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, major TV networks suspended their shared coverage of the president.
www.huffpost.com/entry/tv-net... “There will be no replacement pool put in place,” the current TV pool chair said in an email announcing the decision.
President Trump was inaudible during a press conference Monday after the TV pool suspended coverage, with White House-provided video without usable audio of his remarks. Why it matters: It's a remarkable and immediate ramification of Trump's attempt to limit pool access. The pool serves hundreds of journalists, so losing independent TV coverage can limit what the media — and the public — can see a
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And--tell the truth--aren't we ALL a little better off? Trump inaudible during White House TV pool blackout https://www. axios.com/2026/09/21/trump-whi te-house-pool-tv-ban-audio # BoycottTrump # TrumpBlackout # USPol
President Donald Trump inaugurated a new helicopter landing pad on the White House South Lawn on Sept. 21, but ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC did not send their television press-pool crews. The networks acted after the White House barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from covering the administration; the three organizations sued, alleging First Amendment violations [pbs.org#1][nypost.com#1][business-standa
THIS IS BIG: Major TV networks are standing with CNN. After the White House barred @CNN from its assigned pool duties, @ABC , @CBSNews , @NBCNews and @FoxNews declined to replace it. Result: NO primary TV pool camera covering Trump’s designated pool events today. BOOM. ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox News are standing with CNN by declining to replace its White House live-coverage crew after the Trump admini
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President Trump was inaudible during a press conference on Monday after the TV pool suspended coverage, as the White House-provided video had no usable audio (Josephine Walker/Axios) https://www. axios.com/2026/09/21/trump-whi te-house-pool-tv-ban-audio http:// mediagazer.com/260921/p18#a260 921p18
By barring CNN, the White House has thrown a staple of TV news coverage into disarray.
[Breaking] White House TV pool coverage suspended over Trump administration's media ban, leading to lawsuit ▼Read More https://biz-matome.com/archives/57010 Following President Donald Trump's exclusion of certain media outlets from White House coverage, the TV pool system for joint coverage has been temporarily suspended. Major networks share reporting duties and footage, but Monday's trip to New
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youtube.com/shorts/oOnAs... YouTube video by POLITICO
“In response, four other major television networks agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of Mr. Trump.” The exact right response for once. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b... By barring CNN, the White House has thrown a staple of TV news coverage into disarray.
And there it is ---> TRUMP TV!?! Now that he has banned real TV, this buffoon thinks that people want to see more of him and his moronic bullshit. 🤣🤡🤮 And this comes after he has declared that the free press is "a national security threat." SEE THIS: wp.me/p4Ijg-iqy BREAKING: The White House is set to launch "TRUMP TV" at 7:00 PM ET. It will be official state-run media.
A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air.
Reporters must post the lies he repeats & refute them every time. 1st Term- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o... 2nd Term- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o... Ask 47 & GOP servants about Epstein files-47 is NOT socially or privately truthful. apple.news/AxxLn6SnjQI2... @mmfa.bsky.social @thehill.com In response to President Trump's ban on three media outlets, majors TV networks have pulled out of the Whi
A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
Lucian Truscott Newsletter Major networks stand up to Trump and suspend White House pool coverage luciantruscott.substack.com/p/major-netw... It has finally happened.
President Trump banned three news outlets from covering White House events, saying he didn’t like their coverage. Our chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, explains how major television networks in the White House press pool responded by refusing to cover President Trump’s public events while the ban goes through the courts.
It's no accident that after Trump banned news outlets and the media responded by stopping coverage, that he rolled out Trump TV. Trump is a vampire who sucks on the life blood of media coverage. Stopping coverage is like pouring water on the Wicked Witch of the East. torontosun.com/news/world/w... The streaming platform's launch came after US President Donald Trump escalated his campaign against m
the press should collectively ignore 🍊👑 more often. give us all a break from his insanity and relentless 🐂💩. President Trump banned three news outlets from covering White House events, saying he didn’t like their coverage. Our chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, explains how major television networ...
After President Trump’s snap decision to ban CNN from the White House, the four other networks that comprise the White House’s TV pool decided they would cease their pooled coverage of the president.
US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/21/trump-tv-networks-white-house-pool-coverage?CMP=share_btn_url
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/21/n... Absolutely 💯!! FYI, his often stated phrase of "Fake News" is actually him admitting factual reporting he doesn't like because the truth is anathema to him!! The press pool is crucial to providing the public extensive coverage of the president.
Trump’s attempt to block reporters from the White House could be seen as a distraction.
Trump shows America what would happen if he managed to kill the # freepress . "Meanwhile the White House has launched Trump TV, a 24/7 stream on YouTube. Its description reads: 'Watch the Trump Administration's biggest moments all in one place.'" https://www. bbc.com/news/articles/c8dx5dy5 rzz2o
Trump TV gets off to a rocky start with tiny viewership and vicious mockery www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... The White House launched Trump TV amid the fallout from its ban on MSNOW, CNN and Politico
A suspension of pool coverage remains in effect. But the in-house United Nations broadcaster provided a feed of the president’s remarks.
TV networks deny Trump the one thing he craves most: Attention www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... Trump’s attempt to block reporters from the White House could be seen as a distraction.
Trump says he will probably let banned media back to White House if court decides Reuters
How long have 🇨🇦s been begging for this?? Wouldn’t it be divine if the judge does something tomorrow that extends the blackout by the pool?? Shame it took this for U.S. networks to finally grow a spine. apple.news/AgxGUvh_oR56... The president's kryptonite isn't a lawsuit or a First Amendment violation. It’s when the cameras are turned off
Glad to see that al Jazeera has stepped up to keep the White House honest. Well, more honest than they may have been. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/... Trump has launched his own channel amid an ongoing rift with the White House press pool.
Donald Trump needs the media to survive. It took a blackout by five TV networks for the White House to realize it The president's kryptonite isn't a lawsuit or a First Amendment violation. It’s when the cameras are turned off www.thestar.com/entertainmen... Trump needs the media to survive. It took a blackout by five TV networks for the White House to realize it
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... With the real networks boycotting, the pro-Trump channels have stepped up—and screwed up.
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