CNN reported that its correspondents were prevented from joining the media contingent traveling with President Donald Trump over the weekend. The network had been selected to serve as the designated television press pooler, a rotating assignment where members of the media travel alongside the president.
The exclusion occurred just before the group was scheduled to board Air Force One on Saturday for the president’s visit to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was set to attend a college football game.
Is this standard pool rotation practice or a targeted exclusion? Seems petty if they deliberately skipped CNN for a routine football game.
This feels like a clear attempt to control the narrative. A free press needs access to the president, regardless of outlet.