Fox News leads revolt to starve Trump of attention as media outlets hit back: leaked email

>Five of the top U.S. television networks moved Monday to starve President Donald Trump of coverage by launching a coordinated media blackout, according to a leaked email obtained by Politico.

>The move comes after Trump banned three major news outlets — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — from the White House last weekend and revoked their media credentials. The response to the ban was swift, with all three outlets suing the Trump administration Monday on First Amendment grounds.

>Also on Monday, Politico reported on an email it had obtained outside of “its official capacity” written by Bryan Boughton, senior vice president and Washington bureau chief for Fox News.

>“This is to advise that, effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the President,” the email reads, with “pool” referring to the small rotating group of journalists who cover the president on behalf of the full press corps.

>“This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.”

>The move carries some precedent, with the Obama administration forced to walk back its attempt to prohibit Fox News from covering a Treasury event in 2009 in response to the pool threatening “collective action.”

Fox News is only trying to do this for self preservation. If this precedence (not that those even matter anymore) stick, if a democrat would be lucky enough to get into office, Fox News would be absolutely cooked.

And now – puppies!

Or the Republicans decided less coverage might help them in the midterms.

I do not trust Fox News . What they are doing vs their intent for doing something.

They shouldn’t interview him anyways. He just makes up shit. Why bother listening?