{"id":2407205,"date":"2025-02-26T19:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T00:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-dems-scream-trumps-sidelining-press-turns-out-hes-answered-7x-more-questions-than-biden\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T19:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T00:47:38","slug":"while-dems-scream-trumps-sidelining-press-turns-out-hes-answered-7x-more-questions-than-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-dems-scream-trumps-sidelining-press-turns-out-hes-answered-7x-more-questions-than-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"While Dems Scream Trump&#8217;s Sidelining Press, Turns Out He&#8217;s Answered 7X More Questions Than Biden"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwhile-dems-scream-trumps-sidelining-press-turns-out-hes-answered-7x-more-questions-than-biden%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=2407205&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 article discusses a decision \u2063by white House Press Secretary Karoline \u200cleavitt to alter the way media outlets are selected for \u200dcovering President Donald Trump in certain\u2062 limited-space events, such as those in the Oval Office and \u2063on Air\u2062 Force One. This change is presented as\u200b a move\u2063 to dismantle the \u200d&#8221;monopoly&#8221; held by \u200cthe\u2064 White House Correspondents&#8217; Association, which historically persistent\u200c which\u2063 reporters could access specific events. <\/p>\n<p>Under the\u2064 new policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-featured-avenatti-254-times-in-one-year-with-half-of-appearances-coming-from-cnn-alone\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media Featured Avenatti 254 ... in One Year, With Half Of Appearances Coming From CNN Alone\">major television networks<\/a> like \u2063Fox, CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS will \u2063continue to\u2062 rotate access, but\u200b the \u2063inclusion of new print and \u200cradio outlets is promised to expand the pool of journalists. Leavitt asserts that \u2063this change aims to introduce &#8220;new voices&#8221; into the coverage of presidential events. <\/p>\n<p>The \u200darticle counters claims by some \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-medical-professor-on-desantis-covid-success-because-hes-very-well-informed-better-than-most-epidemiologists\/\" title=\"Stanford Medical Professor On DeSantis: COVID Success Because He\u2019s \u2018Very Well Informed,\u2019 Better Than \u2018Most Epidemiologists\u2019\">left-leaning media<\/a> that Trump \u200dis \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-zelensky-increases-media-censorship\/\" title=\"Ukraine\u2019s Zelensky Increases Media Censorship\">undermining press freedom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-should-regulate-homeschooling-legacy-magazine-says\/\" title=\"Legacy magazine calls for federal regulation of homeschooling\">citing statistics showing<\/a> that Trump has taken significantly more\u2064 questions from the\u2062 media than past\u200c presidents, particularly during his first month in office. The author suggests that fears about press suppression are overblown and points out previous media\u2063 controversies under the Obama administration to illustrate a broader context of presidential relationships with the press. the piece defends Trump\u2019s engagement with the media \u2063as more robust than that of his recent predecessors.  <\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One statistic should put to rest all the hyperbolic claims that President Donald Trump is somehow shutting down the free press.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/karoline-leavitt-rips-monopoly-power-away-white-house-correspondents-association-blow-mainstream-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Tuesday that her office will be taking away the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association&rsquo;s &ldquo;monopoly&rdquo; power and deciding which outlets will cover Trump in limited-space settings like the Oval Office or Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>The WHCA represents the traditional media outlets that cover the White House, and they mostly tend to have a leftward bias. In the past, that group has determined which reporters would make up the pool to cover special events.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt noted under the new policy that five major television networks &mdash; Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS &mdash; will continue to rotate through the pool, so there is always someone to capture video of what happens during a limited-space event. But she added there will be new print and radio outlets added into the mix.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karolineleavitt?\">@karolineleavitt<\/a>: &ldquo;For decades, you have a group of journalists based here in Washington D.C. who dictate which reporters go into the most intimate spaces of the American presidency&hellip; Moving forward we&rsquo;re going to expand the pool&rsquo;s access.. We&rsquo;re going to bring in new voices.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JD0WR5NGX9\">pic.twitter.com\/JD0WR5NGX9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1894751005104898222?\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The traditional outlets will continue to have their spots in the White House <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\">briefing room<\/a> and will have access to work on the grounds, where there are often outside press gaggles or larger media events inside, such as when Trump held a news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron Monday in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h0jUy2FZJPY&amp;ab_channel=BloombergTelevision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So it hardly seems Trump is shutting down the free press.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/s\/727652\/trump-took-more-than-1000-question-in-his-first-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Journal<\/a> reported Monday that the president took 1,009 questions from the media during his first month in office. That&rsquo;s over seven times more than former President Joe Biden took during the same time period.<\/p>\n<p>For his second term, &ldquo;It took Trump only three days to eclipse the 141 questions former President Biden took in his first month; Trump took 164 questions by the end of his third day. That day, he also went past the known count of 161 questions in former President [Barack] Obama&rsquo;s first month in 2009, though that carries an asterisk because transcripts don&rsquo;t exist for most of the interviews he granted,&rdquo; the Journal said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; NEW: Questions from the press taken in the first month, various presidents<\/p>\n<p>&#128309; Barack Obama: 161<br \/> &#128308; Donald Trump [2017]: 199<br \/> &#128309; Joe Biden: 141<br \/> &#128308; Donald Trump [present]: 1,009<\/p>\n<p>National Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wIgNxWa3wa\">pic.twitter.com\/wIgNxWa3wa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1894733346397151235?\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, that did not stop overwrought left-wing media claims that Trump was shutting down the free press by taking over who covers him at certain events.<\/p>\n<p>For example,&nbsp;Politico&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/25\/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headlined<\/a>, &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 in limited spaces like the Oval Office and Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>And New York Times reporter and MSNBC analyst Peter Baker <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/peterbakernyt\/status\/1894463039526568145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on social media platform X, &ldquo;Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin&rsquo;s reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin&rsquo;s reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterbakernyt\/status\/1894461539110850985?\">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>He added, &ldquo;Every president of both parties going back generations subscribed to the principle that a president doesn&rsquo;t pick the press corps that is allowed in the room to ask him questions. Trump has just declared that he will.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I guess Baker forgot that the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/440-reporters-lose-press-passes-white-house-changes-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revoked<\/a> 442 White House press passes in 2023. Leavitt announced late last month that her team is working to reinstate those, along with expanding the briefing room to new media outlets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karoline Leavitt announces that Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">restoring press passes<\/a> for 440 journalists who were kicked out of the White House briefing room during the Biden admin &mdash; and is issuing an open invitation for people to join the MSM in the briefing room. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9KUwZdqvBn\">pic.twitter.com\/9KUwZdqvBn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; August Takala (@RudyTakala) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudyTakala\/status\/1884307198110486801?\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Baker also complained that Trump is not allowing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-explains-battle-associated-press-much-just-gulf-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> into these limited-space events, due, in part, to a spat with the outlet over refusing to refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/associated-press-pays-price-policy-gulf-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf of Mexico<\/a> as the Gulf of America after the president renamed it in January.<\/p>\n<p>But, &ldquo;In 2013 the Obama administration obtained the records of 20 Associated Press office phone lines and reporters&rsquo; home and cell phones, seizing them without notice,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ffc60235c26c470c9047e0da6ff19f95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP<\/a>. So the Obama administration was surveilling the free press.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the Obama DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/464167\/why-justice-department-spied-fox-news-reporter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spied on<\/a> Fox News reporter James Rosen when the administration did not like information he reported on in 2009 that had been leaked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Case against Fox&rsquo;s Rosen, in which O admin is criminalizing reporting, makes all of the other &ldquo;scandals&rdquo; look like giant nothing burgers.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanLizza\/status\/336457161955753984?\">May 20, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So spare me the &ldquo;Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-details-lengthy-highly-productive-talk-putin-hints-successful-conclusion-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>&rdquo; rhetoric. The free press is alive and well in the U.S., and Trump is actually engaging with the media more than any president, perhaps ever.<\/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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On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed that her office will revoke the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association\u2019s \u201cmonopoly\u201d and determine which media outlets can cover Trump in restricted spaces such as the Oval Office or Air Force One. The WHCA typically represents mainstream media, which often leans left. Previously, this group selected reporters for special event coverage. Leavitt stated that major networks\u2014Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS\u2014will still rotate in the pool to ensure video coverage of events but new print and radio outlets will also be included. 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