The White House will select news that will be included in the upcoming press, according to a decision released Tuesday by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Many were seen as response to a lawsuit from the Associated Press after the outlet was banned from the White House for refusing to comply with an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the US Gulf. . On Monday, the judge rejected an emergency motion to restore access to the Associated Press, but set up a hearing in a month to fully consider the matter.
“In a free country, leaders should not be able to choose their press corps.”
“For decades, a group of D.C.-based journalists – the White House Correspondents Association – have long been deciding which journalists will ask the President of the United States in these most intimate spaces.
I said Leavitt.
“We are proud to announce that we are going to give people back,” she added.
She went on to claim that the White House press team will decide who will staff the press pool, but that “legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades” will be allowed to participate.
WHCA President Eugene Daniels has long expressed his anger statement Debate the decision.
“This move will shed tears with the independence of the US free press. It suggests that the government will choose journalists to cover the president. In a free country, leaders cannot choose their press squadron It should,” he said. part.
“To be clear, the White House did not discuss today's announcement with the WHCA committee. However, the WHCA is committed to defending comprehensive access, full transparency and the right to read by Americans. It will never stop you. Reports from the White House were delivered without fear or favor.”
Others posted complaints on social media.
“This move doesn't empower people – it empowers the White House. The WHCA is democratically elected by the full-time White House press corps.” I responded Jacqui Heinrich from Fox News. “The WHCA has been determining pools for decades, because only representatives from our outlets will be able to make the president's message the largest viewer possible, regardless of the day or time. Because we can decide on resources such as staffing to communicate with them.”
“As he served as a correspondent for Moscow in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds us that the Kremlin took over its press pool and made it accessible only to compliant journalists.”
I said Peter Baker of the New York Times.
“All presidents of both parties, who are back generations, joined the principle that they did not choose a press squad that is allowed to ask him questions in their rooms. Trump has declared that he would do so.”
Added.
“On the way to establish its own version of the Kremlin press pool, the Trump White House, only approved media…”
I answered The wife of Susan Glasser, New Yorker, and Peter Baker.
Here is the video of Leavitt's comments:
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