US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
by Ariana Baio in New York and Maanvi Singh from US news | The Guardian on (#78HQG)
White House promoted its own Trump TV' feed online after ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate
The major US television news outlets agreed to suspend their video coverage of Donald Trump after the administration banned journalists from several outlets from entering the White House grounds.
The collective decision came after the barred outlets - CNN, MS Now and Politico - sued the administration on Monday, saying the president's actions were a violation of their first amendment rights.
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