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Major US Networks Boycott Pooled Coverage Over White House Ban
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THE BRIEF
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Major US television networks suspended their pooled coverage of President Donald Trump after CNN, Politico, and MS NOW were barred from the White House.
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The banned news organisations filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington challenging the credential revocations as a threat to press freedom.
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Other outlets joined the boycott by refusing to share still images, resulting in no network television footage of Trump's travel to New York for the UN General Assembly.