The White House press pool: What is it and how does it work?

White House banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, after US President Donald Trump complained about coverage.US President Donald Trump last week announced he would ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House amid coverage that Trump said was unfavourable.Reporters for the three outlets reported to work over the weekend only to find that their access had been revoked. By Monday, the three organisations had sued the administration, amid allegations the White House violated their First Amendment rights.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4A ‘ban on the free press’: White House bars journalists from three outletslist 2 of 4CNN, Politico, MS NOW sue Trump administration over White House banlist 3 of 4Rubio defends Trump’s White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politicolist 4 of 4Trump follows in Hugo Chavez’s footsteps to launch his own TV channelend of listFree speech advocates criticised the White House for yanking their credentials.“It’s difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than Trump banning news outlets from the People’s House for criticizing the government. It’s also hard to imagine a dumber move,” Seth Stern, director of advocacy at the Freed...