Justice Department investigates major US news networks over pool coverage

The US department of justice (DOJ) is investigating whether the five major American television networks violated antitrust laws when they temporarily suspended pool coverage of Donald Trump.

ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News refused to film Mr Trump’s public engagements for several days in solidarity with CNN after he banned the outlet from the White House.

The New York Times reported that officials from the DOJ ordered the networks to hand over communications related to the White House pool, a rotating system where one channel records footage of the US president and distributes it to other outlets.

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