Posted on 03/31/2025 3:39:33 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
The White House Correspondents’ Association on Monday pushed back against the White House’s plans to exert control over the briefing room seating assignments for journalists.
In an email to members, the association — which is made up of an independent group of journalists covering the Trump administration — said it was aware of the reported efforts from the White House to take over the briefing room’s organization chart. The seating has long been set by WHCA.
“If the White House pushes forward, it will become even more clear that the administration is seeking to cynically seize control of the system through which the independent press organizes itself, so that it is easier to exact punishment on outlets over their coverage,” the board wrote.
A report from Axios over the weekend, which POLITICO independently confirmed, stated that the White House press operation is planning to impose its own seating chart and comes amid a tense standoff between the White House and WHCA. POLITICO also is assigned to one of the seats at the press briefing. Last month, WHCA announced it would cede control of the White House press pool, the rotating cast of reporters assigned to cover the president after the White House took several actions to control media access.
And on Saturday, the WHCA canceled comedian Amber Ruffin’s planned performance at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in April after it received criticism from the Trump administration. This comes as the White House in recent weeks also kicked HuffPost from the press pool while Bloomberg and Reuters are now sharing a wire spot.
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They should just rent their own conference room and decide seating there…
…or boycott the press briefings.
They don’t have to go if they don’t want. Nobody pays any attention to them anyway
Bok Hoo
Go kill yourselves
Kick the WHCA out.
Problem solved.
:: They should just rent their own conference room and decide seating there… ::
Isn’t that what JoeBama did?
Built his own sound stage where he performed his role as pResident?
Tell the WHCA they can assemble there in order they please.
And then invite Leavitt to come over and visit.
Take all of the chairs out.
Convert the room to a putt putt course to give DJT a place to relax.
Attendance can be whatever the White House deems proper, including seating arrangements. If you don't like it, don't show up.
What a concept.
nacho call
nacho house
wth you think you are ?
quit being urinalists and analists and bald face commie liars and maybe things will change
till then ?
cry to someone who cares
americans are done with your crap
we dont like you
we dont trust you
we dont believe you
we dont buy your papers
we dont subscribe to your sites
we dont watch your tv liefests all you got left are your circle jerks and reach arounds
learn to live with it
cuz its the new normal spit.
What are the odds the WHCA will go to a federal court and try to block it? I’d say very high.
What arrogant turds
“A report from Axios over the weekend, which POLITICO independently confirmed.” The names of those two org’s pretty much tell me all I need to know.
The headline indicates that they reject it, but I don’t see how they have a choice, unless a judge steps in.
Trump should ignore the ruling from that federal court.
Kick all WHCA members out of the White House permanently.
Enough is enough.
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