华盛顿 — 美国司法部正在调查白宫电视新闻池上个月暂停对唐纳德·特朗普总统的报道是否违反反垄断法，一名机构发言人周六表示。
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law, an agency spokesperson said Saturday.
司法部发言人艾米丽·科文顿表示，商业竞争者之间的团体抵制可能违反美国法律。“反垄断部门只是在调查，以确定这些新闻机构是否违反了反垄断法，”她说。
Emily Covington, a spokesperson for the department, said group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law. “The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,” she said.
此次调查的宣布是在白宫五家广播公司组成的电视新闻池上个月因政府禁止CNN、MS NOW和Politico进入白宫而暂停总统报道之后作出的。
The announcement came after the television pool of five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
周六晚间，向这五家媒体发送了寻求评论的信息：ABC、CBS、CNN、FOX和NBC。
Messages were sent late Saturday to the five outlets seeking comment: ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC.
白宫新闻池是一个轮流值班的新闻媒体集合，负责报道总统活动，它已成为更广泛斗争的缩影 — — 即总统或任何人是否能够控制新闻报道的内容 — — 这是言论自由的一种体现，也是美国民主的基石。
The White House press pool, which is a rotating cast of news outlets that covers the president, has become a proxy for the wider fight over whether the president, or anyone, can control the content of news reports — a type of free speech, pillar of American democracy.
上个月的事件标志着特朗普限制他认为不够支持的新闻记者和媒体的努力达到前所未有的升级。
Last month’s developments marked an extraordinary escalation in Trump’s efforts to restrict news reporters and outlets that he finds insufficiently supportive.
CNN、MS NOW和Politico因该为期数天的禁令提起诉讼，禁令在一名法官对这三家新闻机构作出暂时性裁决后被解除，该裁决将持续到周二。白宫的电视新闻池报道也已恢复。
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued over the days-long ban It was lifted after a judge handed the three news organizations a reprieve, which is in place until Tuesday. Television pool coverage of the White House has also resumed.
保护记者委员会美洲区域主任何塞·萨莫拉周六在X平台上批评了政府的决定，称政府不应利用反垄断调查来恐吓捍卫新闻准入的媒体。“公众的知情权依赖于这种准入，”萨莫拉说。
Jose Zamora, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ regional director of the Americas, on Saturday criticized the administration’s decision to investigate. “The government should not use antitrust investigations to intimidate news outlets defending press access,” Zamora said on X. “The public’s right to know depends on that access.”The post DOJ says it’s investigating whether White House TV pool’s coverage halt violated antitrust law MS NOW