Mediagazer: Major TV networks refused to cover Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel, a protest of his campaign preventing any editorial presence on the tour (Hadas Gold/Politico)

6:50 PM ET, September 16, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Major TV networks refused to cover Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel, a protest of his campaign preventing any editorial presence on the tour — In a show of joint defiance, the major television networks collectively voted to pull a camera and erase video of Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel …

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

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