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TV Networks Halt Trump Pool Coverage Over CNN Ban

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Yanking press credentials because the coverage stung is a direct hit on the First Amendment and the public's right to know what its government is doing. The networks suspending pool coverage together is exactly the backbone that's been missing since the AP got punished over two words. An attack on one outlet is an attack on every outlet, and America cannot have state TV.

The First Amendment guarantees the right to speak and publish, not a government-issued seat in the Oval Office. Access to the White House is a courtesy, and outlets that spent years peddling fiction about the president forfeited it. Refusing to send a camera and calling that courage just proves these networks are political operatives, not news organizations.


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