US EditionWhite House Correspondents Association says Trump administration is trying to pressure reporters
- The White House Correspondents' Association is challenging the Trump administration's reported plans to take over the assignment of seats in the White House briefing room, a task the WHCA has managed for decades.
- Tensions between the WHCA and the White House have risen due to the administration's desire to control the briefing room and exert pressure on journalists, including instances like the banning of the Associated Press from events over its style guide and removing outlets from the Pentagon whose coverage the administration disagreed with.
- The Trump administration's actions, including bypassing the WHCA in organizing the daily press pool and seeking to control seating assignments, have been described as a cynical attempt to punish outlets for their coverage and favor pro-Trump media, although officials have made claims about embracing digital media and making room for more journalists.
- According to Axios, a senior White House official stated that the aim is a fundamental restructuring of the briefing room based on metrics reflecting how media is consumed today, but the WHCA president, Eugene Daniels, issued a statement on Monday emphasizing that the administration's efforts are "wrong-headed" and that the most obvious end result is the punishment, not elevation, of journalists.
- The WHCA, representing nearly 900 members from 296 news organizations, maintains that the White House should abandon its effort to control the seating chart and demonstrate a willingness to engage with an independent media free from government control, as historically upheld by both Democratic and Republican administrations, while Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has complained about bias in the legacy media.
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White House Correspondents Association says Trump administration is trying to pressure reporters
The White House Correspondents’ Association says the Trump administration should abandon its “wrong-headed effort” to take control of the press briefing room seating chart.
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