Washington (US), 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – The standoff between the White House and the US media has escalated further. The major television networks have decided to suspend the shared coverage – the so-called ‘pool’ – of President Trump’s activities, after the White House refused to allow CNN to act as the pool’s representative on Monday. Five TV networks – ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC – have for some time shared responsibility for television coverage of presidential events, taking turns to fulfil their duties, and CNN had been tasked with covering Trump’s visit today to the United Nations General Assembly. Coverage by members of the press pool representing the print media, radio, news agencies and photographers remains in place. “As of today, the television pool will not cover events designated for shared coverage of the President,” wrote Bryan Boughton, Fox News’s Washington bureau chief, in a note addressed to members of the television pool and obtained by The New York Times. Boughton is the acting chair of the television pool consortium, whose chairmanship rotates amongst the broadcasters on a quarterly basis.
US: TV networks suspend coverage of Trump’s activities
Washington (US), 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – The standoff between the White House and the US media has escalated further. The major television networks have decided to suspend the shared coverage – the so-called ‘pool’ – of President Trump’s activities, after the White House refused to allow CNN to act as the pool’s representative on Monday. Five TV networks – ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC – have for some time shared responsibility for television coverage of presidential events, taking turns to fulfil their duties, and CNN had been tasked with covering Trump’s visit today to the United Nations General Assembly. Coverage by members of the press pool representing the print media, radio, news agencies and photographers remains in place. “As of today, the television pool will not cover events designated for shared coverage of the President,” wrote Bryan Boughton, Fox News’s Washington bureau chief, in a note addressed to members of the television pool and obtained by The New York Times. Boughton is the acting chair of the television pool consortium, whose chairmanship rotates amongst the broadcasters on a quarterly basis.