News that the Justice Department is investigating five major networks for suspending the White House TV pool last month was met with outcry that it was another example of Trump administration retaliation against the media.
Alarming as it may be to First Amendment groups, among antitrust experts, there are doubts that the DOJ would have much of a case.
Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act restricts competitors that restrain competition. In this case, the five networks that make up the TV pool — CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News and NBC News — last month withheld their
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