{"id":2407019,"date":"2025-02-26T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-whining-faces-strong-pushback-over-trump-press-pool-changes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:58:17","slug":"media-whining-faces-strong-pushback-over-trump-press-pool-changes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-whining-faces-strong-pushback-over-trump-press-pool-changes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Media whining faces strong pushback over Trump press pool changes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fmedia-whining-faces-strong-pushback-over-trump-press-pool-changes-washington-examiner%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=2407019&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>Teh \u200darticle \u200cdiscusses a recent plan by the Trump management \u200bto\u2062 expand access to the White House press pool, allowing a broader range of media outlets portrayal beyond\u2063 the conventional &#8220;elite&#8221; press.This change, \u200dannounced by\u200c Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, aims to include \u200calternative media sources that reflect a more diverse audience. \u200cCritics, particularly from\u2064 liberal\u200d media\u200d outlets like the New York times,\u2064 have described \u2062this expansion \u2064as a reduction in access, claiming it undermines\u2062 journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the changes argue that the public \u200dincreasingly relies \u200bon \u200bnon-traditional news sources,\u200b with\u200b polls showing many younger \u200dvoters turning to social media and platforms like YouTube for their details.In comparison, past administrations under Obama and Biden are criticized for tightening media access, with claims that they restricted press freedoms and\u200c targeted \u2063specific journalists.<\/p>\n<p>despite backlash from established media, advocates for the new \u200bpress pool guidelines argue\u200c that increasing openness and broadening access allows more questions \u200cfrom\u2062 a wider variety \u2064of\u200d viewpoints, supporting the\u2064 notion that government should be accessible to\u200c all media, not just those favored by elite circles. the \u2062article highlights the ongoing\u200b tensions between traditional media outlets and \u2064the evolving landscape of news \u2063coverage in the digital age.  <\/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\">Media whining faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republican-leaders-bidens-build-back-better-agenda-is-dead\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- House Republican Leaders: ...&#039;s Build Back Better Agenda Is &#039;Dead&#039;\">strong pushback<\/a> over Trump press pool changes<\/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_2020135\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The liberal legacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3326247\/slumping-liberal-media-figures-should-take-a-few-days-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">media&rsquo;s whining<\/a> and lying about the latest move by the Trump White House to expand access to all outlets is receiving a strong pushback from advocates of having a more representative press corps cover the administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Written up by liberal outlets such as the <em>New York Times<\/em> as an erosion of access, the plan announced Tuesday by spokeswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Karoline-Leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> will expand those in the White House Press pool, opening the closed club of &ldquo;elite&rdquo; outlets to more than just members of the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association.<\/p>\n<p>The regulars are also balking at the White House deciding pool members, not them, calling it an unprecedented affront to press freedom inside the president&rsquo;s media bubble.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White House <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> Karoline Leavitt is giving more reporters more access to President Donald Trump, who is already one of the most accessible world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Yet in the bizarro world of Washington, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">elitist press corps reacted<\/a> with scorn, calling the move a threat to the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ZbUPZoWt3\">pic.twitter.com\/0ZbUPZoWt3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertBluey\/status\/1894724103191314940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 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>Proponents of the changes are responding to the criticisms, noting that the public is now getting more of its news from alternative outlets like those Leavitt wants included in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>They are also recalling that while Trump&rsquo;s team is opening up the media allowed in, both former Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Barack-Obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> tightened media control and even threatened reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Cygnal pollster Brent Buchanan, for example, cited new data that showed many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-can-pick-and-choose-issues-tell-voters-what-they-want-to-hear-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris can \u2018...k and choose\u2019 issues, tell voters \u2018what they want to hear\u2019 - ... Examiner\">voters don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t get their information from the old media that makes up the press pool like they once did.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The emerging electorate isn&rsquo;t tuned into mainstream media,&rdquo; Buchanan said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over 60% of voters under age 55 get their news from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social media<\/a> source. Over a third of black and Hispanic voters turn to YouTube. For men under 55, 20% are listening to podcasts and 25% getting news from X,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> on the press pool reforms: &#8220;There are hundreds of journalists who show up to this building every day and are not granted that luxury of flying on Air Force One and asking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> questions. We want to ensure that everyone has a seat at that highly coveted table.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EFsr6uIg6L\">pic.twitter.com\/EFsr6uIg6L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1894456608542818456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, those news consumers are Trump&rsquo;s base, and many prefer streaming outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/americasvoice.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Real America&rsquo;s Voice.<\/a> &ldquo;All these groups are who elected Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The attacks on Leavitt and the administration also appear to ignore the limits Biden and Obama put on the outlets they didn&rsquo;t like.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>, for example, took away hundreds of regular daily passes, forcing reporters from those mostly conservative outlets to call ahead and get a daily clearance into the White House.<\/p>\n<p><em>Daily Signal<\/em> reporter Fred Lucas was one of those who lost his daily &ldquo;hard&rdquo; pass.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The real question is about press access to covering the White House and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">president<\/a>. Based on what is happening now, there is no comparison between what the Biden White House did and what the Trump White House just did,&rdquo; he told Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Biden White House restricted access to about 400 reporters. The Trump White House is letting more reporters into the pool rotation, which will allow more news outlets to ask questions of the president and vice president. It&rsquo;s not without merit to debate the administrative matter of whether the association or the White House should control the pool. But as of now, the record stands that Biden restricted press access and Trump has expanded it,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PUTTING THE MSM ON NOTICE<\/p>\n<p>KAROLINE LEAVITT SENT AN EARTHQUAKE THROUGH WASHINGTON SHE BASICALLY SAID TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, &lsquo;YOU GUYS ARE NO LONGER IN CHARGE.&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianglenntv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrianGlennTV<\/a> details how Leavitt put the access to the briefing room back in the hands of the people. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stinchfield1776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stinchfield1776<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DYMNw1bwRM\">pic.twitter.com\/DYMNw1bwRM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Real America&#8217;s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAmVoice\/status\/1894542403354173550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Obama also took back hundreds of passes, targeting irregular visitors and columnists. His administration also sent the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> and Justice Department out to track down the sources of reporters and even seized phone records of reporters.<\/p>\n<p>In many cases, Obama stopped dealing with reporters outright, instead turning to promoting his actions on social media. And he broke tradition by not inviting the pool in to cover the start of critical meetings like those Trump regularly takes questions at, 1,000 so far, according to one count.<\/p>\n<p>The tension was so bad under Obama, that the former editor of the <em>Washington Post<\/em> wrote a report for &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/reports\/2013\/10\/obama-and-the-press-us-leaks-surveillance-post-911\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a>&rdquo; detailing the persecution of reporters and their sources.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leonard Downie Jr. revealed that the Obama administration instituted an &ldquo;Insider Threat Program&rdquo; that urged federal employees to monitor their colleagues for leaking to reporters. Those suspected of being sources were forced to take lie-detector tests.<\/p>\n<p>He also quoted big-name reporters being critical of Obama&rsquo;s efforts. &ldquo;This is the most closed, control freak administration I&rsquo;ve ever covered,&rdquo; David E. Sanger, the chief Washington correspondent of The <em>New York Times, <\/em>told Downie.<\/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_2020135\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2020135\"}});<\/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>Media backlash against Trump\u2019s press pool changes faces strong opposition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2407020,"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\/02\/leavitt-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4188,51150,9732,3634],"class_list":["post-2407019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-media","tag-press-pool","tag-pushback","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/leavitt-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407019","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407023,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407019\/revisions\/2407023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}