CNN says reporters were barred from Air Force One press pool
CNN said its journalists were barred from boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews on Friday night. The reporters had been scheduled to join the press pool covering President Trump’s travel to Knoxville for a college football game and to serve as the weekend’s rotating television press pooler.
CNN reported that its journalists were barred from boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews on Friday night.
The reporters were scheduled to join the press pool covering President Trump’s travel to Knoxville for a college football game. CNN had also been scheduled to serve as the weekend’s television press pooler, a rotating group of journalists.
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