US Media

Channels reported that major US television networks suspended pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House barred CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House. CNN had been due to act as the shared pool crew for Trump's departure from the White House and arrival in New York for the UN General Assembly, but the White House removed it from the rota. Other major networks refused to provide a replacement crew in protest, and CNN, MS Now and Politico said they would take legal action over restrictions on press access. BBC NEWS reported that Fox News joined the suspension and that five major networks issued a joint statement. The White House and Vice President JD Vance defended the bans. Trump posted that he was not attacking a free press but what he called fake news, which he described as a national security threat. Vance said the administration was not banning outlets but withholding special White House access from those he said engaged in propaganda. BBC NEWS reported Vance's claim that the three outlets produced about 92 percent negative stories about Trump. Sky News reported that a White House event took place with an in-house camera crew and that its correspondent attended without filming, while BBC ONE West reported that White House stills photographers also withheld images. Channels also reported that there was no network television coverage of Trump leaving the White House and arriving in New York. BBC ONE West described this as unprecedented. Trump was in New York for a UN General Assembly speech and meetings, including with President Zelensky, Arab Gulf leaders and Andy Burnham, with Chinese President Xi due in Washington later in the week. At a New York event, Trump responded to a question about the ban by saying critics had said they would boycott him but never had. Sky News reported that the banned organisations had gone to court and that a hearing was expected on Wednesday, and noted past disputes including CNN's correspondent ban in 2017 and Associated Press's exclusion last year.

Key Claims by Channel

Claim
Reported by all 3 channels
The White House banned CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House, a decision reported as announced on Friday or the previous week.	Reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
Major US television networks suspended pooled coverage of President Trump, with Fox News joining and Fox, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS issuing a joint statement refusing to continue pooled events after CNN was banned.	Reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
Pool coverage is a shared arrangement in which one broadcaster films the president and shares footage with other outlets.	Reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
CNN was due to be the pool crew covering Trump's departure from the White House to New York, but the White House removed CNN from the rota.	Reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
CNN, MS Now and Politico said they would take legal action or were suing the White House, arguing the ban violated free press rights, with a hearing expected on Wednesday.	Reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
President Trump posted that the move was not an assault on the free press but an assault on fake news, which he called a national security threat.	Reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
Reported by a few · 2 channels
News organizations withheld visual coverage of a White House event, with White House stills photographers agreeing not to release images and a Sky News correspondent attending without a camera or pictures.	Not reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
There was no network television coverage of Trump leaving the White House or arriving in New York for the UN General Assembly, which BBC ONE West described as unprecedented.	Reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Not reported by Sky News
Only on one channel
Vice President JD Vance defended the decision, saying the administration was not banning media outlets but withholding special White House access from outlets he said engaged in propaganda.	Reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Not reported by Sky News
Vice President JD Vance claimed the three banned outlets accounted for about 92 percent of stories about the president and that those stories were negative.	Reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Not reported by Sky News
A White House in-house TV crew filmed the event, and the footage seen was broadcast only by right-leaning outlets; microphones were too far away to hear Trump clearly.	Not reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
CNN was excluded from the entire White House estate, affecting around 40 journalists, about 20 MS Now staff were affected, and the Associated Press remained banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One.	Reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Not reported by Sky News
The White House sent emails and texts presenting an official phone number for President Trump as a direct communication channel.	Reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Not reported by Sky News
Trump travelled to New York for a UN General Assembly speech the following day and meetings with President Zelensky, Arab Gulf leaders and Andy Burnham, with Chinese President Xi due in Washington later in the week.	Not reported by BBC News	Reported by BBC One	Not reported by Sky News
At a New York event, Trump responded to a question about the ban by saying critics had said they would boycott him but never had, and he described the press as an obligation while complaining coverage was negative.	Not reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News
A NewsNation correspondent said NewsNation is a secondary TV pool and lacks the capability of the five major networks to share video widely, and that without pool video broadcasters get only limited camera positions.	Reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Not reported by Sky News
Sky News recalled past disputes: Trump banned CNN's chief White House correspondent in 2017, a ban overturned by a Trump-appointed judge, and last year blocked the Associated Press from the pool after it refused to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.	Not reported by BBC News	Not reported by BBC One	Reported by Sky News

This is a cross-channel consensus summary, not an objective account. Consensus can be uniformly wrong, or omit what only one channel covered.