Conservative Outlets Offer Trump Feed While White House TV Pool Is Suspended

On Thursday, Mr. Sigg noted on the network that “not a single mainstream media network” had requested access to the feed in the past four days.

Since Monday, the networks that typically operate the White House TV pool — ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC — have declined to film Mr. Trump’s public events as an act of solidarity with CNN, which, along with MS NOW and Politico, were barred by the Trump administration. Early Thursday, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order and ordered the administration to restore access to the three news outlets, and their reporters were allowed back into the White House Thursday afternoon.

The fledgling pool’s first days have not gone entirely smoothly. On Tuesday, Real America’s Voice broadcast footage from Mr. Trump’s motorcade after leaving the United Nations General Assembly, which the former White House Correspondent’s Association president Weijia Jiang pointed out was a potential risk to the president’s safety.

As of Thursday afternoon, the TV pool had not resumed. The networks had previously indicated that they would not film daily presidential events until the White House provided clear reassurance that CNN would be allowed to once again participate in the pool.

This week, hosts on America’s Real Voice and LindellTV, as well as the outlets’ executives, have criticized the mainstream networks for sitting out the press pool.

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