The Department of Justice has launched an antitrust investigation into major television networks following their coordinated boycott of the White House in protest of a presidential ban on three news outlets. The move marks an unusual intervention by regulators into media industry practices, raising questions about whether the networks’ collective action violated competition laws. Legal experts suggest the case could set a precedent for how media organizations operate under pressure from political figures. The investigation follows a high-profile dispute between the networks and the administration over press access.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) took many by surprise when it said over the weekend it would investigate the country's top television networks on antitrust grounds over a boycott the TV networks carried out last month in response to President Trump's ban of three news outlets from the White House. The announcement came as...
