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Trump vetoes CNN, Politico, MS NOW; networks boycott coverage

President cited 'fake news' as major broadcasters suspended joint coverage in solidarity.

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What this story says

  • President Donald Trump vetoed CNN, Politico, and MS NOW.
  • The veto jeopardised audiovisual coverage of Trump's UN trip, as CNN was responsible for distributing images.
  • In solidarity, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox stopped their joint television coverage of the president.
  • CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a lawsuit against the administration, alleging First Amendment violations.

Who covered it

Left 33%(124)Centre 39%(146)Right 28%(105)

Percentages are shares of the 375 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 285 of the 660 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

41/100

660 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 105 of the 375 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

President Donald Trump vetoed CNN, Politico, and MS NOW, an action that jeopardised the audiovisual coverage of his trip to New York for the UN General Assembly. CNN had been responsible for distributing images from the president's travels to other media outlets. This system, known as a pool, has been in place for decades. Trump stated his action was against 'fake news', not freedom of the press. In response to the ban, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox suspended their joint television coverage of Trump in solidarity with the affected outlets. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a lawsuit against the administration, citing violations of the First Amendment.

Disagreement on Trump's statement

Infobae reported that Trump stated his action was against 'fake news', a problem that had spread like a cancer in the United States. However, Clarin reported that Trump stated his action was against 'fake news', not freedom of the press.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mention the specific details of the pool system that has been in place for decades, as reported by Infobae. None of the centre-rated digests mention the specific details of the pool system that has been in place for decades, as reported by Infobae. None of the right-rated digests mention the specific details of the pool system that has been in place for decades, as reported by Infobae.

Tags:#DonaldTrump#CNN#PressFreedom#FirstAmendment#Media

Coverage settled. We checked this 9 times and stopped on 27 Sept 2026, 02:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

124 rated outlets

  • Common Dreams and Infobae reported that major US television networks boycotted pool coverage of President Trump. This action followed the White House barring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from its grounds. The networks stated they would not replace CNN for its assigned pool duties.
  • Common Dreams reported that the TV press pool chair said no replacement pool would be put in place. The outlet also noted that Scott Nover of The Washington Post described the action as a boycott by ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX.
  • Common Dreams and Infobae reported that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico announced they would sue the Trump administration. These outlets argued the ban infringes on press freedom and the public's right to independent journalism.

Centre

146 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on the solidarity shown by major American television channels towards CNN. These outlets reported that CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox halted their joint television coverage of Donald Trump's events. The reports also mentioned that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico initiated legal action against the White House following their exclusion.

Right

105 rated outlets

  • The right-rated report emphasised that President Trump's veto of CNN put at risk the audiovisual coverage of his speech to the UN. It also noted that CNN, along with other media, sued the White House, considering the measure a violation of constitutionally guaranteed press freedom.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump vetoes CNN, Politico, MS NOW; networks boycott coverage?
Of the 375 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 33% are rated left, 39% are rated centre, 28% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 660. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump vetoes CNN, Politico, MS NOW; networks boycott coverage left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 375 rated outlets on this story, 33% are rated left, 39% are rated centre, 28% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Trump vetoes CNN, Politico, MS NOW; networks boycott coverage biased?
Trump vetoes CNN, Politico, MS NOW; networks boycott coverage is one event reported by 660 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump vetoes CNN, Politico, MS NOW; networks boycott coverage?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump vetoes CNN, Politico, MS NOW; networks boycott coverage?
660 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Why did President Trump veto CNN, Politico, and MS NOW?
President Donald Trump stated that his action was against 'fake news', which he described as a problem that had spread widely in the United States. He also indicated that the action was not against freedom of the press.
What was the impact of the veto on media coverage?
The veto jeopardised the audiovisual coverage of Trump's trip to the UN General Assembly because CNN was responsible for distributing images to other media outlets. In solidarity, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox stopped their joint television coverage of the president.
What legal action was taken against the administration?
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. They cited violations of the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which protects freedom of the press.

Read it at the source

661 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

124
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Centre

146
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Right

105
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Not rated

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