Haisten Willis
Posted on 04/06/2025 5:34:56 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
While all presidents tussle with the press, President Donald Trump has taken things to another level at the beginning of his second term.
Trump, still in his first 100 days in office, has kicked the historic Associated Press out of the Oval Office and off of Air Force One, seized control of the White House press pool rotation to bring in friendly outlets, and now may take over coveted seating assignments in the Brady Press Briefing Room.
All three moves generated howls of outrage from the White House Correspondents' Association, an 800-member group that previously self-policed access.
"The White House should abandon this wrong-headed effort and show the American people they’re not afraid to explain their policies and field questions from an independent media free from government control," the WHCA board said in reaction to seating assignment takeover news.......
"The decision re: who gets to sit in taxpayer provided seats in a government building should not be made by journalists,” Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary under former President George W. Bush, posted on X. “It should be made by the press sec”.....
One of the biggest changes of all came during former President Bill Clinton's administration and did not involve physical changes to the room. In January 1995, the briefings began to be televised live, starting with only the first few minutes and gradually getting longer until the full proceedings were broadcast in real-time.
With that, seating arrangements became paramount, according to Kumar, and the practice began of front-row network television reporters asking different versions of the same question to create a clip to show to their audience.
The relationship was symbiotic, as the White House needed the big television networks and newswire services such as the Associated Press to broadcast its message to the public.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
The president can take his message directly to the people as never before.
The "press" are still free to say whatever they want about it. That is all the constitution requires.
Haisten Willis
Re: WHCA “self’policing access.’
LOLOL!
Lookd like Tucker Carlson.
But everything was fine when you jerks were carrying the water for a President who didn't even know what he was signing. You handed fluffballs to the Press as they filed in to the press room and kept the public away from the fact that Biden was not leading the country. Karma's a bitch...
“Historic associated press” LOL! guess the writer needed to use modifiers to boost the “authenticity” of their subject- appealing to authority is what it is called. As though adding “historic” solidifies them as truthful, genuine, and above board-
I have another modifier for them and it ain’t “historic”
Yep
They also sang the praises of Slick Willy and Obeyme for eight years apiece.
The Dinosaur Press should not even be allowed in the room until they report fairly.
While “fair” reporting sounds good in theory, it won’t work as who defines what “fair” means? Just a few years ago the government was defining fair labeling what they didn’t like as “misinformation” and got platforms to block news (e.g., the vax).
Which is why there is supposed to be freedom of the press, which again sounds good until the press becomes the propaganda gateway.
Democrats and their media acolytes only care about traditions if they benefit from them. Otherwise, revolution and replace! Or, as the wise Eric Cartman of South Park said, “Put a chick in it and make it lame and gay!”
In the presstitute roo.
800-member group that previously self-policed access.
They were told to call 1-800-eat-shit to await further instructions.
When the DemonRAT’s far left “press” is your enemy, you should “clash” with them at every opportunity.
They also tried to push a Jamaican Voodoo Hoodoo off on us.
The entitled journalists think they should monopolize the briefing.
It's the White House. He can do that.
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