Washington -White House's news agencies have confirmed that 7,400 requests have been received from those who are interested in occupying the newly announced briefing rooms for “New Media”.
The eye -catching flood came within 24 hours of Caroline Levit's first briefing on Tuesday afternoon.
A person in the White House told the post that the press was “excited about the interest,” but it is not immediately known how the staff sifts the mountain of request, but the number is. It was reported first By daily wire.
27 -year -old Leavittt is satisfied with the “new media” seats by outlets and individuals who lack any permanent duties in any of the 49 traditional media seats assigned by the White House Correspondent Association. We announced that it was.
The seats were on the right side of the spokesman's lecture and were historically occupied by members of the press.
In the first briefing of Leavittt, the seats were filled by AXIOS executive editor Mike Allen. He asked the first question.
Following Allen, Bright Bart journalist Matt Boyle continued, but the outlet has no eternal seats, but the new media slot is filled with social media numbers with important follow -up. It is expected.
White house Website form Ask the applicant to provide a link to the primary account.
The new seat was created by the rumor that President Trump's team will have completed respect to the Correspondence Association and will completely recreate the seating chart.
The decision to add a new seat has avoided the fight against Journalists who threatened to be distracted by Trump's ambitious initial law and administrative orders.
Leavittt has a framework as a way to boost this decision. In addition to this, in addition to the cancellation of the 2023 Biden White House's policy, if the journalist lacked a more severe parliamentary newsletter, he stripped the permanent press pass.
“Trump White House talks not only to the legacy media sitting in this room, but also to all media and personality. According to recent public opinion polls, the trust of American mass media is a record. Reavit said, “said Lebit. In her first briefing.
“Millions of Americans, especially young people, have consumed news from traditional television outlets and newspapers, podcasts, blogs, social media, and other independent outlets. For our team, President Trump. It is essential to share the message everywhere and adapt to the new media landscape in 2025.
“This White House strongly believes in Article 1, so our team is eager to restore 440 journalists' masque passes that were mistakenly canceled by the previous administration. Reason.
The new Trump Press team is destined of a pre -screening process of the Biden era used to prohibit major news outlets, including posts, from large events held under the past president to all journalists on the campus. I haven't disclosed it yet.
The screening process was initially premised on COVID-19 pandemic, but continued through the four-year term of President Joe Biden. It has been widely understood as a way to form a variety of questions brought to Biden, and sometimes journalists have been refused to enter the country for “space restrictions.”
