{
  "id": 11199915,
  "title": "Pro-Trump Ads Funded With Taxpayer Dollars Air on CNN and MS NOW; White House Has Spent $2.9 Million on the TV Spots to Date",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/pro-trump-ads-funded-with-taxpayer-dollars-air-on-cnn-and-ms-now",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:23:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads-air-on-cnn-ms-now-1236894714/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Even as President Donald Trump has tried to block CNN and MS NOW from covering the White House, his administration has purchased pro-Trump TV ad time on the news networks — using taxpayer money. The ads began running on Fox News and Newsmax last week, and the White House has now aired spos on CBS, […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "How pro-Trump ads were funded with taxpayer dollars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/how-pro-trump-ads-were-funded-with-taxpayer-dollars",
        "published": "2026-10-01T16:19:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}