{"id":2396691,"date":"2025-01-29T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-media-influencers-take-up-white-house-offer-of-press-credentials\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T23:01:12","slug":"new-media-influencers-take-up-white-house-offer-of-press-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-media-influencers-take-up-white-house-offer-of-press-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;New media&#8217; influencers take up White House offer of press credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-media-influencers-take-up-white-house-offer-of-press-credentials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House recently announced an initiative to expand the press pool \u200cto include &#8220;new media&#8221; reporters and influencers, a\u200d move applauded by many independent journalists, podcasters, and social media \u200ccontent creators. This expansion, led by newly appointed \u200dWhite House Press \u2064Secretary Karoline \u200dLeavitt, aims to engage with a broader audience,\u200b especially\u200c young people who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prefer option news sources<\/a> over traditional media. Leavitt emphasized \u200dthe need to adapt to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priceless-conservative-media-mogul-takes-over-newspaper-tells-staff-members-exactly-what-they-need-to-hear\/\" title=\"Conservative media mogul acquires newspaper, delivers essential truths to staff\">evolving\u200b media landscape<\/a> and invited independent\u2063 journalists to apply for press \u2063credentials.<\/p>\n<p>The proclamation sparked \u200cexcitement among various influencers,\u200d with figures like\u2064 Scott presler, Benny Johnson,\u2063 and james\u200b O&#8217;Keefe expressing thier\u200b intent\u200b to apply for press\u2064 credentials. some influencers even encouraged each other to seek credentials, debating the implications of \u201cnew media\u201d in\u2064 the white House press corps. However, the initiative has faced criticism from traditional media \u2062figures, including co-hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; \u2062who\u2063 raised concerns\u200c about the qualifications of these new media personalities. \u200cThey argued that the inclusion of \u200binfluencers could undermine journalistic standards and\u2064 perpetuate misinformation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;New media&rsquo; influencers take up White House offer of press credentials<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1959926\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;New media&rdquo; reporters and influencers cheered the White House&rsquo;s announcement on Tuesday that it was expanding the press pool in the White House press briefing to podcasters, independent journalists, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"social media\">social media<\/a> influencers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In keeping with this revolutionary media approach that President Trump deployed during the campaign, the Trump White House will speak to all media outlets and personalities, not just the legacy media who are seated in this room,&rdquo; President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s new White House press secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karoline Leavitt\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a>, said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Millions of Americans, especially young people, have turned from traditional television outlets and newspapers to consume their news from podcasts, blogs, social media and other independent outlets,&rdquo; Leavitt continued. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2779166&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=36e6735341b33da3246771034580ccaa\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She added that the White House&rsquo;s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room would be opened up to &ldquo;new media voices who produce news-related content,&rdquo; allowing them to sit with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-looks-to-social-media-influencers-to-spread-blue-vibes-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris looks to social media influencers to spread blue vibes - Washington Examiner\">traditional press corps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s essential to our team that we share President Trump&rsquo;s message everywhere and adapt our White House to the new media landscape in 2025,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re an independent journalist, podcaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-charged-with-election-interference-for-social-media-post\/\" title=\"Conservative charged with election interference for social media post\">social media influencer<\/a>, or content creator who meet the criteria &mdash; apply to come join us!&rdquo; Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/1884385648263458939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> on the X platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAlexJones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealAlexJones<\/a> you need to apply bruh &#129315;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hodgetwins\/status\/1884451162587369751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Content creators responded to the announcement on Tuesday with their declarations of signing up for a press credential or shared their interest in applying.<\/p>\n<p>Activist Scott Presler, a conservative influencer who helped Trump win Pennsylvania, announced on Tuesday that he was applying for briefing credentials.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If I am chosen for the White House press briefings, I will do my best to sit near Kaitlan Collins. My hair will be done,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/1884334931771564262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a> in an X post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I am chosen for the White House press briefings, I will do my best to sit near Kaitlan Collins. <\/p>\n<p>My hair will be done.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/1884334931771564262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, I officially registered for a White House Press Credential. Our show beats the corporate media every day in viewers. Thank you to the White House for recognizing the power of independent news. Our audience is real and we speak for the people.What do you want me to ask?&rdquo; conservative commentator Benny Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1884390243022918073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Babylon Bee has applied for White House press credentials,&rdquo; Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SethDillon\/status\/1884618322672783730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"responded\">responded<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Babylon Bee has applied for White House press credentials. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sPKxYwcyA9\">https:\/\/t.co\/sPKxYwcyA9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eYAlSDNxDC\">pic.twitter.com\/eYAlSDNxDC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethDillon\/status\/1884618322672783730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Independent investigative journalist James O&rsquo;Keefe announced that he, too, applied on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Applied for White House press credentials today. Let&rsquo;s see what happens,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/1884397238488563881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Applied for White House press credentials today. Let&rsquo;s see what happens. &#128064; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karolineleavitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@karolineleavitt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James O&#8217;Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/1884397238488563881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Other social media influencers showed interest in the prospect of applying or were lobbied by other content creators to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Chaya Raichik, creator of the popular &ldquo;Libs of Tiktok&rdquo; X account, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChayaRaichik10\/status\/1884349499159765438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"asked her followers\">asked her followers<\/a> if she should apply, to which many of her fans replied with the responses &ldquo;obviously&rdquo; and &ldquo;absolutely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Should I apply for White House press credentials &#128064;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChayaRaichik10\/status\/1884349499159765438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hey @RealAlexJones you need to apply bruh,&rdquo; the Hodge Twins, X influencers with over 3.2 million followers, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hodgetwins\/status\/1884451162587369751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X to Alex Jones, who has 4 million X followers on his account.<\/p>\n<p>Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealAlexJones\/status\/1884450626777526481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hinted\">hinted<\/a> that he was invited to go the White House &ldquo;next week&rdquo; and asked his fans if he should &ldquo;go to D.C.&rdquo; The majority of his fans encouraged him to join the White House press corps.<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Winters, co-host of Steve Bannon&rsquo;s popular <em>War Room<\/em> video podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1884269609634914799\" title=\"posted a picture\">posted a picture<\/a> of herself in front of the White House with the title of &ldquo;White House correspondent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nero\/status\/1884353387174719887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"floated his interest\">floated his interest<\/a> to fans by asking if he should apply.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt also announced that the White House will be restoring the press credentials of 440 journalists whose passes were &ldquo;wrongly revoked&rdquo; by the previous administration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, ABC&rsquo;s<em> The View<\/em> scoffed at the prospect of &ldquo;new media&rdquo; joining the White House press corps.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So instead of Bob Woodward, they want Kim Kardashian? I don&rsquo;t get it,&rdquo; Joy Behar mocked the new media plan.<\/p>\n<p>Co-host Sunny Hostin ripped the White House&rsquo;s choice to add influencers to the White House press briefing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We understand their criteria is woefully deficient and unserious. I think that their real problem in this election, one of the real problems among the many, is the misinformation and disinformation that was disseminated on social media by these influencers and by these podcasters,&rdquo; Hostin said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why are they qualified to sit in front &mdash; in the White House briefing room and tell America what is going on with the country?&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;Traditionally to become a White House correspondent or to be in that briefing room, you had to have a journalism degree and qualifications so I guess the rise of mediocrity is here to stay!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1959926\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1959926\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New media&#8217; influencers welcome White House press credential offer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2396692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/white-house-press-briefing-2.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[9181,5157,43061,49451,32127],"class_list":["post-2396691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-influencers","tag-journalism","tag-new-media","tag-press-credentials","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/white-house-press-briefing-2.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396695,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396691\/revisions\/2396695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}