The pool of broadcast journalists who follow the president have suspended their coverage in response to the ban on media companies.
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The Briefing with Jen PsakiSep 24, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (AP, BBC, Reuters, NPR) confirm that the White House pool of broadcast networks suspended its coverage of Trump on September 21, 2026, in solidarity with CNN, MS NOW and Politico after the White House barred them.
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… see for yourself, mainly in this case to just talk about how crazy and unprecedented it all is, but tonight we're not going to be doing that, because last week Trump banned this network, as well as reporters from CNN and Politico, from the White House, and in response, the pool of broadcast journalists who follow the president on a day-to-day basis have suspended their coverage in a show of solidarity. The network cameras will be dark for the time being. The irony, of course, is that this is all happening as the leader of one of the most repressive regimes in the world, where freedom of the press is virtually nonexistent, steps on U.S. …
The Briefing with Jen Psaki · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The AP reports that the television pool announced it was canceling its coverage of Trump after CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from the White House.[1]
Supports. The BBC reports that major US television networks suspended their pooled coverage of Trump on Monday in response to CNN, Politico and MS NOW being barred from the White House.[3]
Supports. Reuters reports that the pool had suspended pooled coverage in solidarity with CNN, and that the pool would not resume until CNN was formally reinstated.[2]
Supports. NPR reports that major outlets, including the pool networks, suspended their use of pool audio, video and photographs of the president after the ban.[4]
Context. A federal judge later ordered access restored and the pool's coverage later resumed, but this postdates the suspension the claim describes.[2][5]
Context. The DOJ opened an antitrust investigation into the networks' boycott, which confirms the suspension was in response to the ban.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1What is the White House pool? These days, it's a battleground between Trump and free press rightsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2White House reinstates access to CNN, MS NOW and ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Major US outlets suspend shared Trump coverage in ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 4News organizations barred from White House sue Trump ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Trump's media bans 'deprive the public', press freedom ...bbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 6DOJ probes TV networks over Trump pool coveragetucson.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7US: Justice Department probes Trump's press pool boycott for antitrust violationdw.com · not rated · cited for: context
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