Leftist Media Boycott Fails: Networks Resume Coverage of Trump Despite CNN Ban Amid Threat of Conservative Media Replacement

Following President Trump’s ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politico, major networks boycotted White House television pool coverage. However, the boycott collapsed when conservative outlets like Real America’s Voice filled the pool duties, covering presidential events including trips to the UN and Air Force One. This resumption of coverage effectively grants Trump greater control over which news outlets have close-up access to his events.

• Mainstream media networks boycotted White House pool coverage after Trump banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico.
• Fox News Washington bureau chief Bryan Boughton led the boycott.
• Real America’s Voice and Lindell TV took over press pool duties for presidential events.
• CNN was excluded from covering Trump’s trip to Tennessee on Air Force One.
• A judge ruled Trump’s ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politico was likely unconstitutional, ordering their access restored.
• Networks planned to resume pool duties but would decide on substitute crews when CNN was in rotation.
• The resumption of coverage gives Trump more control over media access to his events.
• The Gateway Pundit criticized the mainstream media’s boycott failure and subsequent return to coverage.