White House removes wire spot from press pool
- The White House is eliminating a press pool slot reserved for wire services, as confirmed by a White House official to The Hill.
- A court ordered the restoration of The Associated Press' access to certain areas, where the press secretary has since taken control of the press pool composition.
- NBC correspondent Kelly O'Donnell criticized the decision, stating, 'Wire reporters are among the most knowledgeable and dedicated to the White House beat.
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White House limits newswire access to Trump | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said on Tuesday, as it moves to exert greater control over who gets to ask him questions and report on his statements in real time.

The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services' access to the president
The White House has put forward a new media policy that sharply curtails access to Donald Trump by the news agencies that serve media outlets around the world.

The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services’ access to the president
Fresh from a courtroom loss over The Associated Press’ access to the presidency, the White House on Tuesday put forward a new media policy that sharply curtails access to Donald Trump by news agencies that serve media outlets around the world. It was the latest attempt by the new administration to control coverage of its activities. The move would block the AP and other wire services that serve billions of readers through thousands of news outle…
The Trump White House is axing the wire service spot from the coverage pool, the latest salvo in its battle with the AP
(CNN) — Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press newswire, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire position in the daily press corps rotation altogether.
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