Topic Lifecycle: Dormant
This topic is currently dormant in the news cycle. It was last covered on Tuesday 22 September 2026 and has not appeared in recent broadcasts.
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What was reported
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Channels reported that major US television networks suspended pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House barred CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House. CNN had been due to act as the shared pool crew for Trump's departure from the White House and arrival in New York for the UN General Assembly, but the White House removed it from the rota. Other major networks refused to provide a replacement crew in protest, and CNN, MS Now and Politico said they would take legal action over restrictions on press access. BBC NEWS reported that Fox News joined the suspension and that five major networks issued a joint statement. The White House and Vice President JD Vance defended the bans. Trump posted that he was not attacking a free press but what he called fake news, which he described as a national security threat. Vance said the administration was not banning outlets but withholding special White House access from those he said engaged in propaganda. BBC NEWS reported Vance's claim that the three outlets produced about 92 percent negative stories about Trump. Sky News reported that a White House event took place with an in-house camera crew and that its correspondent attended without filming, while BBC ONE West reported that White House stills photographers also withheld images. Channels also reported that there was no network television coverage of Trump leaving the White House and arriving in New York. BBC ONE West described this as unprecedented. Trump was in New York for a UN General Assembly speech and meetings, including with President Zelensky, Arab Gulf leaders and Andy Burnham, with Chinese President Xi due in Washington later in the week. At a New York event, Trump responded to a question about the ban by saying critics had said they would boycott him but never had. Sky News reported that the banned organisations had gone to court and that a hearing was expected on Wednesday, and noted past disputes including CNN's correspondent ban in 2017 and Associated Press's exclusion last year.
Key Claims by Channel
| Claim | BBC News | BBC One | Sky News |
|---|---|---|---|
| The White House banned CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House, a decision reported as announced on Friday or the previous week. | |||
| Major US television networks suspended pooled coverage of President Trump, with Fox News joining and Fox, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS issuing a joint statement refusing to continue pooled events after CNN was banned. | |||
| Pool coverage is a shared arrangement in which one broadcaster films the president and shares footage with other outlets. | |||
| CNN was due to be the pool crew covering Trump's departure from the White House to New York, but the White House removed CNN from the rota. | |||
| CNN, MS Now and Politico said they would take legal action or were suing the White House, arguing the ban violated free press rights, with a hearing expected on Wednesday. | |||
| President Trump posted that the move was not an assault on the free press but an assault on fake news, which he called a national security threat. | |||
| Vice President JD Vance defended the decision, saying the administration was not banning media outlets but withholding special White House access from outlets he said engaged in propaganda. | · | · | |
| Vice President JD Vance claimed the three banned outlets accounted for about 92 percent of stories about the president and that those stories were negative. | · | · | |
| News organizations withheld visual coverage of a White House event, with White House stills photographers agreeing not to release images and a Sky News correspondent attending without a camera or pictures. | · | ||
| A White House in-house TV crew filmed the event, and the footage seen was broadcast only by right-leaning outlets; microphones were too far away to hear Trump clearly. | · | · | |
| CNN was excluded from the entire White House estate, affecting around 40 journalists, about 20 MS Now staff were affected, and the Associated Press remained banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One. | · | · | |
| The White House sent emails and texts presenting an official phone number for President Trump as a direct communication channel. | · | · | |
| There was no network television coverage of Trump leaving the White House or arriving in New York for the UN General Assembly, which BBC ONE West described as unprecedented. | · | ||
| Trump travelled to New York for a UN General Assembly speech the following day and meetings with President Zelensky, Arab Gulf leaders and Andy Burnham, with Chinese President Xi due in Washington later in the week. | · | · | |
| At a New York event, Trump responded to a question about the ban by saying critics had said they would boycott him but never had, and he described the press as an obligation while complaining coverage was negative. | · | · | |
| A NewsNation correspondent said NewsNation is a secondary TV pool and lacks the capability of the five major networks to share video widely, and that without pool video broadcasters get only limited camera positions. | · | · | |
| Sky News recalled past disputes: Trump banned CNN's chief White House correspondent in 2017, a ban overturned by a Trump-appointed judge, and last year blocked the Associated Press from the pool after it refused to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. | · | · |
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Timeline
Where this topic appeared. Cells show coverage time and are darker when there was more coverage.
| Date | Channel 5 | BBC News | BBC One | BBC Two | Channel 4 | GB News | ITV | Sky News |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 22 September 2026 | — | — | — | — | 23s 0.7% | — | — | — |
| Monday 21 September 2026 | — | 10m 14s 8.6% | 3m 43s 3.7% | — | — | — | — | 9m 59s 10.4% |