CNN reports it was left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s trip on Saturday to a college football game. The outlet says it had been scheduled to fly aboard the president’s plane as part of its role in the network video pool that covers the president.
According to PBS NewsHour, CNN is a member of a U.S. video pool that rotates responsibility for filming and sharing coverage of the president. The reports describe CNN’s complaint as that it was not included for the scheduled flight, despite expecting to participate. Other outlets repeating the story present the same core claim without providing additional details about why CNN was excluded or what alternative arrangements, if any, were made. The available reporting focuses on CNN’s account of being left off, rather than on confirmation from officials or the precise decision process behind the seating or credentialing changes.
