Networks resume Trump pool coverage despite CNN exclusion

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Major television networks planned to restart shared coverage of President Trump on Sunday despite CNN’s exclusion from the White House television pool, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing four people briefed on the discussions. The move would end a suspension intended to press the administration to restore CNN’s access.

ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC normally rotate pool duties and distribute the resulting footage to other news organizations. Their protest had left portions of Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping without pool coverage. According to the Times, network leaders questioned whether they could sustain the suspension indefinitely.

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Related E&P coverage of the earlier development

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