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What happened
The White House removed CNN from the traveling press pool and presidential trip coverage for the second time in a week. The action occurred despite a court order allowing the network on White House grounds. Television networks and the White House are determining future pool coverage on a day-by-day basis.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that the White House excluded CNN from the traveling press pool and presidential trip coverage despite a previous court order.
Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian and The New Republic emphasize the administration continuing its feud and defying a judge's order. Right-leaning outlets like BizPac Review frame the action as a conflict against fake news media, while Breitbart News highlights CNN's biased coverage and a separate town hall event.
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White House blocks CNN from pool duty despite judge’s order
The White House plans to keep CNN journalists from carrying out the network’s previously scheduled duty providing television pool coverage of President Trump on Thursday, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to The Hill. The administration will prevent CNN from providing its scheduled pool coverage, the source said Wednesday, despite a ruling…
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Source context: Network was listed as primary TV pool covering Thursday’s presidential activities but then was abruptly removedFor a second time in a week, the White House has unilaterally removed CNN from its assignment as the primary television pool representative covering Donald Trump.CNN was…
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Network was listed as primary TV pool covering Thursday’s presidential activities but then was abruptly removedFor a second time in a week, the White House has unilaterally removed CNN from its assignment as the primary television pool representative covering Donald Trump.CNN was excluded on Saturday from pool duty aboard Air Force One, despite a district…
Amid ongoing uncertainty over CNN’s access, two people familiar with the situation tell TIME that coverage will be decided on a day-by-day basis moving forward.
CNN was previously scheduled to fly on Air Force One and also provide on-the-ground coverage of Trump’s trip.
President Donald Trump blocked CNN from the White House press pool Thursday morning, continuing his feud with the network despite a court order allowing them on the White House grounds. Trump removed CNN journalists from his upcoming trip to Texas and Oklahoma after they were scheduled to fly on Air Force One in order to report on his visit to a truck…
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The White House plans to keep CNN journalists from carrying out the network’s previously scheduled duty providing television pool coverage of President Trump on Thursday, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to The Hill. The administration will prevent CNN from providing its scheduled pool coverage, the source said Wednesday, despite a ruling…
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CNN host Erin Burnett is set to moderate a town hall with progressive Texas Senate candidate James Talarico next month as her network continues to tussle with the Trump administration over their biased, Democrat-aligned coverage of the White House.
The White House war with fake news media heated up on Thursday after it booted CNN from President Donald Trump’s traveling press pool. CNN was among the…
