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After a chaotic weekend in the Trump-media standoff, it’s now a wait-and-see game for networks

After a chaotic weekend in the Trump-media standoff, it’s now a wait-and-see game for networks

Exactly one week after news outlets filed suit against President Donald Trump and his sudden ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, the standoff continues. The battleground has shifted, for now, to the TV network pool, which consists of five major networks: CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News. The situation seemed resolved on Friday, but then on Saturday, the White House barred CNN from traveling with Trump on Air Force One. Now the pool is working on a case-by-case basis, facing tough coverage decisions as the media lawsuit proceeds.