Conservative Outlets Create Independent White House TV Pool Amid Network Boycott

Real America’s Voice, a streaming and cable channel, has teamed with LindellTV—a digital news site founded by former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell—to produce a separate White House television pool. The partnership will supply a live feed to other media outlets through a YouTube channel and a broadcast stream, positioning itself as an alternative to the traditional pool that has been halted.

New York Times

Since the Trump administration barred CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House pool, the five legacy broadcasters that normally rotate coverage—ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC—have declined to film daily presidential events. Their withdrawal is described as an act of solidarity with the excluded outlets. A federal judge later issued a temporary restraining order ordering the administration to restore access for the barred networks, allowing their reporters back into the White House.

New York Times

Parker Sigg, vice president of Real America’s Voice, framed the effort as a defense of press freedom. The judge’s order mandated that the administration permit the three excluded outlets to re-join the pool. Real America’s Voice noted that no mainstream network had requested the new feed in the first four days of operation.

New York Times

• “At a time when a handful of legacy outlets are casting the President’s decision as the death of the free press, the reality is exactly the opposite,” — Parker Sigg, the channel’s vice president

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