The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into Fox News, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS over their coordinated suspension of White House television pool coverage.

The five major television networks that make up the White House TV pool are standing with CNN by declining to provide a replacement camera crew after the Trump administration prevented the network from fulfilling its scheduled pool duties Monday.

Paramount chair of TV media George Cheeks is gracious in defeat. CBS won’t end the year as the most-watched broadcast network, but he notes there’s a good reason for that: NBC’s “Legendary February.” “In full transparency, while this year is ...