- Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the organisations of writing "fiction or lies" about his administration, and the companies said their reporters were denied access to the building on Saturday.
- Major US television networks suspended their pooled coverage of President Donald Trump on Monday in response to CNN, Politico and MSNBC being barred from the White House.
- Several other US outlets, including the New York Times and Washington Post, announced they would not participate in pooled coverage, meaning there was no network TV footage of Trump boarding Air Force One or arriving in New York for the UN general assembly.
- The president later appeared on television after a meeting with the Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani, who told him all members of the media would be welcome at the press conference. Trump said: "It's interesting because, they said they were going to boycott me, but they never boycott me, so I wasn't very worried about that. Look at all that press."
Major U.S. television networks suspended pooled coverage of President Trump on Monday after the White House barred CNN, Politico, and MSNBC from reporting, claiming they published "fiction or lies" about his administration.
The ban, announced by Trump on Friday, led to the networks' decision to halt coverage, with Fox News Washington bureau chief Bryan Boughton confirming that there would be no replacement pool for Trump’s events.
The three barred outlets have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, arguing that the White House's actions threaten press freedom. They stated, "Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists' credentials because it objected to our reporting."
In response to the ban, several other media organizations, including the New York Times and Washington Post, also opted out of covering Trump’s events, refusing to share still images. This resulted in no network TV footage of Trump boarding Air Force One or arriving in New York for the UN General Assembly.
Trump later appeared on television after a meeting with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, stating, "It's interesting because, they said they were going to boycott me, but they never boycott me, so I wasn't very worried about that. Look at all that press."678
The White House has since launched its own streaming channel, Trump TV, which broadcasts clips of the president, further complicating the media landscape surrounding his administration.
“The ban, announced Friday, accused the outlets of writing 'fiction or lies' about the administration, and reporters were denied access Saturday. Trump later appeared on TV after meeting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who said all media would be welcome at the press conference.”
BBC
