{"id":2406709,"date":"2025-02-25T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-rips-monopoly-power-away-from-white-house-correspondents-association-in-blow-to-mainstream-media\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:19:39","slug":"karoline-leavitt-rips-monopoly-power-away-from-white-house-correspondents-association-in-blow-to-mainstream-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-rips-monopoly-power-away-from-white-house-correspondents-association-in-blow-to-mainstream-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt Rips &#8216;Monopoly&#8217; Power Away from White House Correspondents&#8217; Association in Blow to Mainstream Media"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fkaroline-leavitt-rips-monopoly-power-away-from-white-house-correspondents-association-in-blow-to-mainstream-media%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=2406709&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>On Tuesday,White House press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced a important change in how the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association (WHCA) manages access to President Trump. This\u200b shift follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-tells-dreamers-this-is-your-home-we-recognize-you-for-the-americans-that-you-are\/\" title=\"Kamala Tells \u2018Dreamers\u2019: \u2018This Is Your Home \u2026 We Recognize You For The Americans That You Are\u2019\">federal court ruling<\/a> against the Associated Press (AP),which had sought to block the White house from \u2062restricting access to certain events. Leavitt stated that the \u2064White House would now oversee the selection of \u2063reporters allowed to cover Trump in intimate settings \u200dlike the Oval Office and Air force One,breaking the WHCA&#8217;s long-standing control \u200bover this\u200c access.While traditional major TV outlets will still rotate \u2063in the \u200dpress pool, Leavitt emphasized a move toward including a broader range of media, including print and radio reporters,\u2064 aiming to diversify the coverage landscape. Leavitt asserted that this change is intended to eliminate the monopoly previously held by\u2063 a select group of Washington journalists, indicating a desire to reshape how press access is handled in the current management.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that her office would be taking away the &ldquo;monopoly&rdquo; power the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association has wielded over who covers President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt&rsquo;s pronouncement came a day after a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-adds-insult-injury-ap-federal-judge-shuts-outlets-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a> against the Associated Press, which had sought a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groups-sue-to-stop-georgia-law-barring-charitable-bail-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Groups sue to stop Georgia law barring charitable bail - Washington Examiner\">temporary restraining order barring<\/a> the White House from denying the news outlet access to certain special events.<\/p>\n<p>The AP currently is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-goes-off-cnns-kaitlan-collins-gulf-america-question-let-just-set-record-straight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insisting on calling<\/a> the Gulf of America the &ldquo;Gulf of Mexico,&rdquo; which provoked the ire of Trump and his team.<\/p>\n<p>The WHCA represents the traditional media outlets that cover the White House and mostly tend to have a leftward bias.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt told reporters Tuesday that the court ruling &ldquo;reiterates what I said from this podium last week when that suit was filed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Asking the president of the United States questions in limited spaces such as the Oval Office and Air Force One is a privilege that unfortunately has only been granted to a few,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It is not a legal right for all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The AP still has its <a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2025\/01\/03\/the-current-white-house-press-room-seating-chart-and-why-it-has-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">front row seat<\/a> to cover White House press briefings and access to work on the grounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?\">@PressSec<\/a> Karoline Leavitt: &ldquo;For decades a group of DC based journalists, the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B4vbNmklyH\">pic.twitter.com\/B4vbNmklyH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1894457209805050256?\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leavitt explained why the White House press office would now be taking over the WHCA&rsquo;s job of picking which reporters make up the pool to cover Trump at special events.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For decades a group of DC-based journalists, the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">press secretary noted<\/a> that the five major television outlets will continue to rotate through the pool so that there is always someone to capture video of what happens during a special event, such as Trump&rsquo;s Oval Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-meeting-gets-tense-macron-interrupts-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meeting<\/a> on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will add additional streaming services, which reach different audiences than traditional cable and broadcast. This is the ever-changing landscape of the media in the United States today,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>The pool for special events will include print and radio reporters as well, she added, before again indicating that the White House will be adding new outlets to the mix.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This administration is shaking up Washington in more ways than one. That is what we were elected to do,&rdquo; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A select group of D.C.-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly over the privilege of press access at the White House,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing outlets that dominate the D.C. media of course will report the decision as a power grab, and another example of Trump&rsquo;s dictatorial tendencies.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> headlined, &ldquo;White House seizes control of press pool, will decide which outlets cover events with president.&rdquo; But that makes it sound like a much bigger move than it is, suggesting that such will happen in all cases rather than mostly in limited spaces like the Oval Office and Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s press team is trying to bring a little more balance to the White House beat and there&rsquo;s nothing wrong with that.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This announcement followed a federal judge&#8217;s decision against the Associated Press, which had requested a temporary restraining order to prevent the White House from restricting its access to certain special events. The AP has been insisting on referring to the Gulf of America as the &#8220;Gulf of Mexico,&#8221; which angered Trump and his team. Leavitt stated that asking questions in limited spaces like the Oval Office and Air Force One is a privilege granted to only a select few, not an entitlement for all journalists. She emphasized that moving forward, it will be up to the White House press team to determine which reporters cover Trump at special events, although major television networks will still rotate through this pool for video coverage. Leavitt noted that this administration aims to diversify media access at the White House and challenge longstanding practices in Washington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2406710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leavitt-Feb-25.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32435,16225,51097],"class_list":["post-2406709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-monopoly","tag-white-house-correspondents-association"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leavitt-Feb-25.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406709","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406709"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406713,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406709\/revisions\/2406713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}