US EditionWhite House issues new rule restricting access for journalists
- On Friday, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced a memo requiring the White House press corps to sign pledges to avoid unauthorized information gathering in the West Wing upper press.
- Citing National Security Council restructuring, the White House said the memo attributed new limits to these changes and aimed to ensure best practices for sensitive material access.
- Traditionally, press pass holders accessed the briefing room, adjoining workspaces and the North Lawn, while upper press sits one floor above, housing senior offices and requiring passage through a Secret Service checkpoint.
- The changes replaced traditional outlets with hand-selected media figures that include conspiracy theorists and extremists, mirroring Pentagon moves that saw legitimate news organizations removed and some reporters insulted.
- Observers say the move echoes even more dramatic press restrictions at the Pentagon, and one White House correspondent who spoke to TPM on Friday warned upper press limits signal worse changes under President Trump.
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'Secretly recording': White House takes action against journalists sneaking around West Wing communications offices * WorldNetDaily * by Emily Kopp, Daily Caller News Foundation
'We've caught reporters with their ear to the press secretary's door while she was having sensitive conversations with Cabinet members. Total absence of boundaries'
Members of the White House press team have restricted access to the press secretary’s office, the latest in a series of measures by Trump’s Gobierno to limit media access. The new rule states that journalists cannot access the office area known as the “High Press” where White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt works. This area has been accessible to White House correspondents for decades, allowing a free flow of information between the presi…
The U.S. President Donald Trump’s government banned journalists’ access to a part of the White House press office on Friday without prior appointment, in order, he said, to protect “sensitive information.” Accredited journalists “are no longer allowed” to visit the section where spokesman Karoline Leavitt’s office is located “without prior authorization by appointment,” the National Security Council (NSC) said in a memorandum addressed to Leavit…
White House Curbs Free Access For Journalists To Communications Offices
The White House issued a new rule on Friday immediately banning credentialed journalists from freely accessing Room 140, known as “Upper Press,” which houses the offices of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other senior communications officials in the West Wing. The National Security Council (NSC) memorandum states that journalists must now have a prior appointment […] White House Curbs Free Access For Journalists To Communications Offices
Trump White House restricts reporters’ access to press office
US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday banned reporters from accessing a core part of the White House press office without an appointment, citing the need to protect "sensitive material." Journalists are now barred if they do not have prior approval to access the area in the West Wing known as Upper Press -- which is where Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's office is located. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung defend…
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