DOJ investigating five TV networks over White House pool coverage
The antitrust probe of the outlets — Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC — marks a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s use of its powers against perceived enemies in the press.
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The antitrust probe of the outlets — Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC — marks a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s use of its powers against perceived enemies in the press.
The department said it is checking whether the networks’ boycott broke antitrust laws.
The U.S. Department of Justice has told five of the nation’s biggest TV-news outlets that it plans to investigate whether a recent decision to suspend pool coverage of President Trump after he denied White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico violated antitrust rules,…