{"id":2682347,"date":"2026-10-12T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-fox-news-cnn-broadcast-networks-for-possible-violations-of-federal-law\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:30:27","slug":"doj-investigating-fox-news-cnn-broadcast-networks-for-possible-violations-of-federal-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-fox-news-cnn-broadcast-networks-for-possible-violations-of-federal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Investigating Fox News, CNN, Broadcast Networks for Possible Violations of Federal Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-investigating-fox-news-cnn-broadcast-networks-for-possible-violations-of-federal-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2682347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses a recent controversy involving U.S. TV networks and their coverage of President donald Trump. It highlights how some networks, including Fox News, CNN, and others, collectively refused to broadcast certain white House events, specifically after Trump banned some channels from access, leading to accusations of anti-competitive behavior. The Department of Justice is investigating whether this coordinated refusal violated antitrust laws. Despite court rulings allowing CNN to cover Trump, the network has been blocked from serving as the pool reporter during Air Force One visits. Critics,including Trump management officials and journalists,have condemned the networks&#8217; actions,framing them as a form of group boycott and media suppression.The situation raises concerns about press freedom, media bias, and potential legal violations under antitrust statutes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>TV networks pictured a refusal to broadcast what President Donald Trump was doing last month as a moment of media solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice is wondering whether it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/x-says-it-lost-advertisers-after-anti-misinformation-firm-peddled-misinformation\/\" title=\"X loses advertisers due to misinformation spread by &#039;anti-misinformation&#039; firm\">violated anti-trust laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-advisor-calls-admin-suffocate-fox-news-ban-everyone-speaking-network-cnn-better-lighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton,<\/a> who chaired the TV pool covering the White House at the time, ruled that pool coverage would not take place after Trump put CNN, Politico, and MSNOW in time out and banned them from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>CNN is a member of a five-network pool covering Trump that includes ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News, and Fox News. The pool network s White House news with other networks.<\/p>\n<p>The ban on CNN, MSNOW, and Politico has been temporarily put on hold by a court, but now the Justice Department is looking into whether the brief suspension of pool coverage was illegal, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/10\/business\/media\/trump-justice-department-tv-networks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IFE.kX51.1MzUuyLjAywA&#038;smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, federal officials demanded information from the networks in the pool, the Times reported, citing sources it did not name.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Department representative Emily Covington said the networks \u201cproudly boycotted covering White House events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGroup boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act,\u201d Covington wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Although a judge ruled CNN cannot be blocked from covering Trump at the White House, it is blocked from serving as the pool reporter when Trump is on Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>Trump administration officials continued to block the network from acting as the TV pool when the president travels on Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the pool chair said, due to Trump \u201cpreventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties,\u201d there would be \u201cno replacement pool put in place,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/10\/10\/media\/trump-doj-probing-tv-networks-nbc-cbs-fox-abc-cnn-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmv34xeu9000g3b6ry5z1r797@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">After the networks waged war on Trump, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro said Fox should pay for being part of the pack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFox is not real news. It is CNN with better lighting, a fake slogan and a flag graphic. Stop watching its dangerous drivel,\u201d Navarro wrote in an Op-Ed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/sep\/22\/fox-pulled-plug-trump-administration-pull-guests\/?srsltid=AU7gw4UfemDDPw-ZR5KyzEMwfXK_rt7fFOmIyMpVbnIlKAKjVshCUNQn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA network that sells itself to conservatives has blacked out a Republican president and put out a press release about it, arm in arm with CNN. Fox is the more dangerous of the two, because it pretends to wear our colors,\u201d Navarro wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFox\u2019s own Trump derangement syndrome is new. Its CEO Suzanne Scott keeps removing the people most willing to honestly cover the MAGA agenda. Lou Dobbs was canceled in February 2021. Tucker Carlson was out in April 2023,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMaria Bartiromo was gone this month, after she passed her producers\u2019 July 15 text from Fox Business programming up the chain,\u201d he noted. 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