{
  "id": 13627893,
  "title": "US justice department investigating TV networks over Trump pool coverage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/us-justice-department-investigating-tv-networks-over-trump-pool",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T03:15:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/11/justice-department-investigates-tv-networks-trump-pool-coverage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Department of Justice has launched an investigation into whether the White House television press pool's decision to cease presidential coverage violated antitrust law, following the administration's ban of CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House. The investigation comes after the five broadcasters in the pool halted coverage of President Trump last month, marking an unprecedented escalation in Trump's efforts to restrict news reporters and outlets that he deemed insufficiently supportive. The White House had previously revoked the credentials of reporters from CNN, Politico and MS Now, calling covering the president a \"privilege, not a right\". The Committee to Protect Journalists has criticized the administration's decision to investigate, arguing that the public's right to know depends on press access.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "What Is the Sherman Act? Why DOJ Investigating Networks Over Trump Coverage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/what-is-the-sherman-act-why-doj-investigating-networks-over-trump",
        "published": "2026-10-11T01:53:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}