Top TV networks boycott filming Trump's press conferences and other events
President Donald Trump's press conferences and other pool duties are being boycotted by top TV networks.
Major television networks are currently boycotting pool coverage of President Donald Trump's press conferences and other White House events, according to an email from Bryan Boughton, Washington bureau chief for Fox News. The networks, which include ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News, have decided to cease filming such events indefinitely following the White House's decision to prohibit reporters from CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from attending.
The White House TV pool, comprised of these networks, has chosen to boycott press conferences and other pool events related to Trump indefinitely. This decision comes after the White House barred journalists from CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from covering events at the White House. The networks involved in the pool rotation of coverage duties, including providing video feeds to one another and to other news organizations, have collectively expressed their concern over the White House's action.
They maintain that no administration should restrict a news organization based on its disagreement with its reporting. The networks will continue their pool duties for events not related to the president, such as those involving Congress. Trump's ban on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico journalists from the White House was announced on social media, with the president stating that they should not be able to write or report "FICTION and LIES" while covering him.
CNN, MSNBC, and Politico have responded by suing Trump and three of his top advisors, alleging that the ban is a "direct assault on the First Amendment."
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