DOJ opens antitrust probe of five TV networks over White House pool suspension

BBC+1 · 14 hours ago
  • The US Justice Department is investigating ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News over whether they broke federal competition laws when they suspended coverage of the White House TV pool.
  • The DOJ has asked the five networks to hand over communications related to the White House TV pool.
  • The networks suspended the pool for several days last month after Trump blocked CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House; the White House later reinstated their access after a judge's ruling.

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“Group boycotts among commercial competitors”— US Justice Department spokesperson
“fiction or lies”— President Donald Trump

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