2 Conservative Outlets Launch White House TV Pool as 5 Networks Keep Boycott
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 24
2 Conservative Outlets Launch White House TV Pool as 5 Networks Keep Boycott
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 24
Summary
Real America’s Voice and LindellTV set up an alternative White House TV pool this week, offering a shared video feed on YouTube and broadcast lines while the regular pool remains suspended.
Five usual pool operators — ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC — stopped filming Trump’s public events from Monday in solidarity with CNN, MS NOW and Politico after the administration barred them.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the White House to restore access to the three excluded outlets, and their reporters returned that afternoon, but the television pool had still not resumed by later Thursday.
The replacement effort has already drawn scrutiny: Real America’s Voice aired Trump motorcade footage after the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, prompting a warning from former WHCA president Weijia Jiang about security risks.
The standoff has widened the split between pro-Trump outlets and mainstream networks, with Real America’s Voice saying no major network had requested its feed over the past four days.