Several US television networks refuse to take part in pool coverage of President Donald Trump after CNN is banned from certain access, with Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS withdrawing from pool duty in protest. The move affects planned coverage of Trump’s trip to the United Nations in New York and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The outlets report the refusal as a coordinated solidarity step intended to pressure or challenge the ban on CNN access. The coverage disruption creates uncertainty about how events during Trump’s UN visit are covered across participating broadcasters. While the reports focus on the protest itself, they describe the underlying issue as an access restriction involving CNN, which triggers broader network withdrawal from shared reporting arrangements.
Taken together, the accounts emphasize that the dispute is not over the events themselves but over media access and the conditions under which they are covered, leaving a gap in the pool system used to coordinate on-the-ground reporting for major live events.
