US TV networks refuse White House pool duties after Trump bans CNN, MS Now, Politico

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-21 · 14:28 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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The White House TV pool will not cover President Trump's events during his New York trip, according to a report by CNBC. This decision follows a lawsuit filed by three media outlets against the administration over a White House ban. CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins shared an email from the current TV pool chair stating that the pool would cease covering designated presidential events. CNN, originally scheduled to travel with Trump to New York, was removed from the roster. The email cited the White House's decision to prevent CNN from fulfilling its pool duties as the reason for the cancellation, with no replacement pool to be established.

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The White House decision to prevent CNN from fulfilling its duties was cited as the reason for cancelling the TV pool.

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CNN was removed from the roster to travel with Trump to New York.

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An email from Bryan Boughton, the TV pool chair, stated the TV pool will not be covering designated pool events.

factualKaitlan Collins (CNN reporter)

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The decision was made after three media outlets sued the president and his administration over a White House ban.

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The White House TV pool decided not to cover events during President Trump's trip to New York.

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The White House TV pool has decided not to cover events during US President Donald Trump’s trip to New York, CNBC reported on Monday, after three other media outlets sued the president and members of his administration over a White House ban.CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins shared an email on social media that she said was from Bryan Boughton, the current TV pool chair. The email said that “effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President”.CNN was due to be the broadcaster travelling with Trump to New York on Monday ahead of the UN General Assembly, but has been removed from that roster. It was unclear which news organisation, if any, would take its place.The email from Boughton cited the White House decision to prevent CNN from fulfilling its duties as the reason for cancelling the TV pool, and said there “will be no replacement pool put in place”.

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