美国司法部已启动调查，以确定五家主要电视网络是否因在白宫撤销来自三家新闻机构记者的新闻采访资格后暂停对总统唐纳德·特朗普的报道而违反联邦反垄断法。
The US Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether five major television networks violated federal antitrust laws by briefly suspending their coverage of President Donald Trump after the White House withdrew press credentials from reporters representing three news organisations, including CNN.
接受审查的网络包括ABC、CBS、CNN、NBC和福克斯新闻，据《纽约时报》报道。
The networks under scrutiny are ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News, The New York Times reported.
司法部周六确认了该调查，表示正在审查这些广播公司是否违反了反垄断法。
The Justice Department confirmed the investigation on Saturday, saying it was examining whether the broadcasters had violated antitrust laws."
司法部发言人称：“商业竞争者之间的团体抵制可能违反谢尔曼法。”
Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act," a Justice Department spokesperson said.
反垄断部门仅仅是在进行调查，以确定这些新闻机构是否违反了反垄断法。这些网络尚未就路透社的置评请求作出回应。电视网络短暂中断白宫池报道。
"The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws." The networks did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.NETWORKS BRIEFLY HALTED WHITE HOUSE POOL COVERAGEThe investigation follows a brief interruption in television pool coverage of Trump after the White House barred reporters from CNN, Politico and MS Now, prompting the networks to stop providing pooled coverage of the president.
此次调查源于白宫禁止来自CNN、Politico和MSNBC的记者进入后，电视对特朗普的池报道被短暂中断，促使各网络停止提供池报道。他们后来恢复了报道。
They later resumed coverage.
白宫电视池是指参与广播公司轮流负责总统报道、协调报道成本并将素材分发给全国其他媒体 outlets 的共享安排。
The White House television pool is a shared arrangement in which participating broadcasters take turns covering the president, coordinate the costs of reporting and distribute footage to other outlets across the country.
CNN、ABC、CBS、福克斯新闻和NBC是构成主要电视池的五家机构之一。调查聚焦于联邦反垄断法。
谢尔曼法是一部于1890年通过的美国反垄断法的基石，禁止某些限制贸易的协议，包括竞争企业之间的某些团体抵制行为。
CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC are among the five organisations that make up the primary television pool.INVESTIGATION CENTRES ON FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAWThe Sherman Act, a cornerstone of US antitrust law enacted in 1890, prohibits certain agreements that restrain trade, including some collective boycotts by competing businesses.
这些网络的行为是否违反该法目前仍在调查中；该宣布并未确定任何广播公司违反了法律。
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Whether the networks' actions violated the law remains under investigation; the announcement does not establish that any broadcaster broke the law.- Ends