White House launches 24/7 YouTube channel dubbed "Trump TV" amid media access dispute
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The White House debuted a continuous YouTube livestream called Trump TV, featuring archived speeches and current announcements, as it barred three news outlets from White House coverage.
The White House introduced a new YouTube channel called Trump TV on Sept. 21, offering a 24-hour livestream of President Donald Trump’s past speeches, current statements and other administration content. The channel opened with a pre-Independence Day address delivered at Mount Rushmore and later aired a March 11 speech from a Kentucky packaging plant. It is also accessible through the White House mobile app.
White House spokesperson Kaelan Dorr said the service is intended to provide “the Administration’s greatest hits, unfiltered,” after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House coverage. The move follows major networks suspending participation in the traditional White House television pool in solidarity with the barred outlets.
The new channel does not replace the existing live streams of Trump’s public remarks, press briefings and other events, and the White House has not disclosed any additional staff to manage the service. The suspension of the television pool has already affected coverage of events such as a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new White House helipad and the president’s upcoming appearance at the United Nations General Assembly.