CNN seems to have sidelined at least two pro-Trump contributors, continuing a trend that critics say includes fewer appearances by conservative commentators on the network.

The Hollywood Reporter published comments from sources Friday who said CNN had paused appearances by Trump surrogate Steve Cortes and Republican commentator Ben Ferguson. Both men are paid by CNN, but Cortes has not appeared on the network in over a month, and Ferguson has been off for more than four months.

A former CNN contributor said the network would not fire Cortes in order to avoid an uproar.

"They'll just pay him. They won't fire him, because that's just blatant. But they won't book him, and they'll tell all the producers not to book him," the contributor said.

Cortes' absence from the network appears to follow an explosive segment on Anderson Cooper 360 during which he accused fellow CNN contributor Wajahat Ali of bigotry after Ali said Cortes was cozying up to white nationalists.

Ferguson also appears to be on hiatus because of a hit from Media Matters, which accused the commentator of running a Facebook page full of bigotry and false information, including attacks on CNN.

Earlier this year, the network cut former congressman Jack Kingston and former South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who were both pro-Trump commentators on the network. CNN said at the time it was "the natural churn of contributors" and that they usually do not make these changes public.

The lack of pro-Trump commentators has apparently garnered the attention of the Trump administration too.

"Even the White House has noticed it," a prominent member of the GOP told THR.