White House says it ‘will determine’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating traditional ones

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Donald Trump breaks with a centennial tradition

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White House Correspondents’ Association cedes control of pool reports to Trump administration

Reversing decades of precedent, the White House Correspondents Association announced Wednesday that it would no longer coordinate shared coverage of President Donald Trump in an escalating dispute over press access to official events. The association, which represents more than 60 news organizations that regularly cover the president, said it would no longer manage the rotating cast of reporters who attend White House events or compile the share…

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White House Confirms WHCA No Longer Decides Which Reporters Access Trump After Question from John Fredericks - Tennessee Star

On the heels of obtaining confirmation the Trump administration will cease to allow the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) to manage the White House press pool, The Virginia Star publisher John Fredericks said the decision would destroy a "monopolistic, power-hungry cartel" that effectively managed media coverage of the president for more than "ten decades." In response to a question from Fredericks, White House Press Secretary Karoli…

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TRUMP DECLARES Himself King of the White House Press Corps, He Will Now Decide Who Can Question Him

For over a century, the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) has been responsible for setting the standards for reporters who cover the president. Their commitment to independence and professional journalism has ensured that the coverage of...

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White House launches attack on Fourth Estate, undermining freedom of press

By Laurie KellmanThe Associated PressThe White House said Feb. 25 that its officials “will determine” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans.The move, coupled with the government’s arguments this week in a federal lawsuit ov…

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Donald Trump Is Turning the Press Pool Into a MAGA Echo Chamber

After going to war with The AP, the White House is now deciding which pool reporters cover the president, swapping out HuffPost and Reuters for Newsmax and the Blaze.