The White House has implemented a new media access system that allows it to select which outlets cover President ... Press and Reuters in the press pool, while Axios took HuffPost’s slot.
In the past, Reuters, the Associated Press and Bloomberg were automatically included in the pool reporters because they are wire services that feed reports to news outlets across the country.
HuffPost, an outlet decried by the right as anti-Trump, was slated to serve Wednesday in the press pool, a rotating group of journalists allowed access to the president in smaller settings.
the White House added Newsmax and Blaze Media to the so-called press pool for Wednesday. And instead of the HuffPost, which was next up in the rotation of print outlets, the administration invited ...
said the organization consistently expands its membership and pool rotations to facilitate the inclusion of new and emerging outlets. “This move tears at the independence of a free press in the ...
explained the practical reasons the WHCA has had control of the press pool for decades. “WHCA has determined pools for decades because only representatives FROM our outlets can determine ...