Joe Sullivan

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the three news organizations said in a joint statement on Monday. https://t.co/xtlFLQT1rg

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The television press pool system that covers President Trump will be suspended for now after the president banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from covering the White House. https://t.co/WNtBEiQxrj

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

The 5 members of the White House TV Pool - ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC - are all suspending their pool coverage of President Trump's public events, because of his ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

This sense of White House press corps solidarity is growing hour by hour:

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING:

The nation's major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in response to the Trump administration's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House, Fox News Washington bureau chief Bryan Boughton wrote in an email to TV pool subscribers.

[Forbes @Forbes]

Trump Drowned Out By Static Without TV Pool After Banning Major Outlets
https://t.co/btVybYPPwL

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

In response to President Trump's ban on three media outlets, majors TV networks have pulled out of the White House television pool. https://t.co/noFWtwvlsS

[Variety @Variety]

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News have joined CNN in suspending pool coverage of Trump after he banned CNN from the White House.

“The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government,” the networks said in a joint statement. “No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting.” https://t.co/5iM7ID8902

[The Associated Press @AP]

CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment.

Follow live updates. https://t.co/Z0rhf3izHm

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

CNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue Trump administration after the president banned them from the White House. https://t.co/pcYXKZ1wCh

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing President Donald Trump and other administration officials in a bid to regain access to the White House after reporters from each outlet were denied entry over the weekend.

Separate from the lawsuit, the five networks that make up the White House television pool ‒ ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News, in addition to CNN ‒ said they are standing by CNN and will no longer send camera crews to Trump events designated as "pool coverage."

"This follows the White House's position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties," Bryan Boughton, Fox News D.C. bureau chief and chair of the television pool, said in an email to pool members obtained by USA TODAY. "There will be no replacement pool put in place." https://t.co/JlBRnroQCl

📸: Anna Rose Layden/Reuters

[CNN Communications @CNNPR]

Joint statement from the White House television pool members:

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Major TV networks — ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC — agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House blocked CNN from its duties. https://t.co/pyHbL9VwwD

[Jodee Storm @jstorm482]

Lisa Leslie forever 💜💛❤️

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

The Trump White House has removed CNN from its Monday assignment as the TV pool representative for the entire White House press corps, deepening the dispute that began when the president said he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW and Politico. https://t.co/4kh53jYdzK

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Make no mistake about it, Trump banned CNN from the White House because of this brave woman, her tenacious tenacity got under Trump’s thin skin.

Trump, the lifelong misogynistic coward, has always feared strong, opinionated women.

Kaitlan Collins, I see you — I celebrate you.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Trump has now banned CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from entering the White House grounds. 

That’s not all. He is threatening that more news organizations who criticize him, including the New York Times and Washington Post, will be next. 

Why? Because when demagogues like Trump are in trouble they want to control the flow of information and silence media that might hold them accountable.

We will not allow Trump to undermine the First Amendment, the Constitution and our democracy.

We will not accept authoritarianism.

Fight back.

[AP CorpComm @AP_CorpComm]

The Associated Press today issued the following statement:

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

The AP's new statement: "No news organization – or person – should be retaliated against by the government over the words they use. This is why the AP continues to stand for the fundamental American freedom to speak freely without government retaliation, a right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and one that U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden clearly upheld when he ruled on AP’s case. We stand with the news organizations who have had their access restricted."

[The Associated Press @AP]

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico have been denied access to the White House. https://t.co/qCof726o1L