{"id":860901,"date":"2026-09-26T03:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860901\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T03:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:10:11","slug":"white-house-bars-cnn-from-covering-trump-on-behalf-of-major-tv-networks-as-he-travels-to-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860901\/","title":{"rendered":"White House bars CNN from covering Trump on behalf of major TV networks as he travels to Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet\u2019s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN had been scheduled to fly aboard the president\u2019s plane on his trip to Tennessee for a college football game as part of the White House TV press pool \u2014 a small, rotating group of journalists that cover the president in areas where space is limited and share the information they gather with other TV networks.\n <\/p>\n

\n The move \u2014 announced Friday night in a White House note that lays out the president\u2019s schedule \u2014 represents the Trump administration\u2019s latest salvo against CNN and the broader White House press corps. No outlet was listed as replacing CNN, meaning there will be no television pool coverage of his trip.\n <\/p>\n

\n Last week, President Donald Trump announced he was banning<\/a> CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The move also prevented CNN from flying on Air Force One and fulfilling its scheduled pool duties when Trump traveled to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.\n <\/p>\n

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\n A judge later blocked the administration<\/a> from enforcing the White House ban on the three outlets and ordered it to restore the credentials of the affected reporters. The status of the White House pool, though, was murkier.\n <\/p>\n

\n With CNN banned, the other TV outlets \u2014 Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS \u2014 refused to perform their duties<\/a> until regular access was restored. But regular coverage resumed on Friday, with CNN serving as part of the pool as Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping<\/a> visited the National Archives.\n <\/p>\n

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\n It was unclear how the White House\u2019s move might affect CNN, MS NOW and Politico\u2019s litigation. The outside lawyer representing CNN had previously told anchor Jake Tapper he believed the restoration of the outlets\u2019 access included the White House pool. MS NOW and Politico are a part of separate pool rotations from the five major TV networks.\n <\/p>\n

\n A judge has given the news organizations until Monday to file a request for a preliminary injunction \u2014 which would put Trump\u2019s promised ban on hold for a longer period of time.\n <\/p>\n

\n A CNN spokesperson declined to comment. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Washington Post was first to report<\/a> the White House\u2019s decision.\n <\/p>\n

\n The TV pool is the primary way that people around the world watch Trump\u2019s speeches and appearances because it supplies video feeds and information to other news organizations.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat\u2019s the system that allows the networks to share video of the president with the whole country. If they aren\u2019t there, the pool can\u2019t function,\u201d the current president of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association, Jacqui Heinrich, said on \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cAnd America cannot have state TV,\u201d her guest Weijia Jiang of CBS, who was Heinrich\u2019s predecessor as WHCA president, said.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat\u2019s what makes America America,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we need independent coverage, and that\u2019s why this press pool system has been set up for so long and why it works \u2013 because you need independent actors to be able to be the observers.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Along with the TV pool, there are also print, radio and still photography pools. This system exists partly because presidents travel and speak in places where the wider press corps cannot be present.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Trump White House also produces its own content, including live streams of events.\n <\/p>\n

\n But, as Jiang put it, \u201cif the government is only showing you what it wants, then you have to question, what are we missing? And that\u2019s what the pool, that\u2019s what these outlets bring to the table.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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