Fatpacks Lounge presents At The Bar
Oct 3, 2026 · 2 hr 41 min · 18 segments
FatPacks Lounge presents At the Bar S.2 E.55 with Trip, Prophet G & Drew09-23-2026I. Trump/WarA. Trump bans press from White House B. Man shot by ICE agent and detainedII. NewsA. Mississippi grand…
Sort of stepping in here and saying, okay, no CNN, no dice.
TV networks are standing with CNN because they know they might be next.
They could be the next to be banned.
And as you and Caitlin just pointed out, this includes Fox News.
And I've heard from a lot of viewers wondering, what's going to happen now that CNN has been kicked out? Will the other networks stand in solidarity, or will they just go on their own and keep doing their thing? Well, now we have the answer thanks to this email.
We can put the full email on screen.
It actually comes from the D.C. bureau chief at Fox News because he happens to be in charge of the TV pool right now until the end of the month.
All the networks take turns as the pool chair.
So the pool chair said, he wrote, quote, This is to advise that as effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the president.
This follows the White House's position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties.
And here's the important sentence.
There will be no replacement pool put in place.
John, that doesn't say this is only today.
That says this is effective today.
CNN was scheduled to be the travel pool in New York with the president both today and tomorrow.
Now, it's possible the court will weigh in and overrule the president and maybe things will be back to normal by Wednesday.
But my reading of this email is that the five major networks in the United States are willing to hold the line and are willing to stand in solidarity with CNN at this moment.
Sort of stepping in here and saying, okay, no CNN, no dice.
TV networks are standing with CNN because they know they might be next.
They could be the next to be banned.
And as you and Caitlin just pointed out, this includes Fox News.
And I've heard from a lot of viewers wondering, what's going to happen now that CNN has been kicked out? Will the other networks stand in solidarity, or will they just go on their own and keep doing their thing? Well, now we have the answer thanks to this email.
We can put the full email on screen.
It actually comes from the D.C. bureau chief at Fox News because he happens to be in charge of the TV pool right now until the end of the month.
All the networks take turns as the pool chair.
So the pool chair said, he wrote, quote, This is to advise that as effective today, the TV pool will not be covering events designated as pool coverage of the president.
This follows the White House's position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties.
And here's the important sentence.
There will be no replacement pool put in place.
John, that doesn't say this is only today.
That says this is effective today.
CNN was scheduled to be the travel pool in New York with the president both today and tomorrow.
Now, it's possible the court will weigh in and overrule the president and maybe things will be back to normal by Wednesday.
But my reading of this email is that the five major networks in the United States are willing to hold the line and are willing to stand in solidarity with CNN at this moment.
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