{"id":2409216,"date":"2025-03-03T19:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-pbs-twists-trump-press-pool-diversity-as-sinister-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T20:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T01:05:21","slug":"liberal-media-scream-pbs-twists-trump-press-pool-diversity-as-sinister-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-pbs-twists-trump-press-pool-diversity-as-sinister-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Media Scream: PBS twists Trump press pool diversity as \u2018sinister\u2019 &#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\">28<\/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%2Fliberal-media-scream-pbs-twists-trump-press-pool-diversity-as-sinister-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=2409216&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 \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">article\u200b discusses criticism directed<\/a> at PBS \u200cregarding\u200b its portrayal of the\u2064 Trump administration&#8217;s\u200d press \u2063pool changes. Recently,White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt opted to select who \u2062participates in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-different-than-donald-trump-white-house-reporters-grouse-about-limited-access-to-biden\/\" title=\"\u2018No Different Than Donald Trump\u2019: ... Reporters Grouse About Limited Access To Biden\">daily press pool<\/a>,arguing that the existing arrangement favored legacy\u2063 media outlets \u2063and excluded newer,conservative ones. PBS\u2019s Amna Nawaz described this decision as an &#8220;attack on the press,&#8221; wiht Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart labeling \u2064the situation as \u200d&#8221;sinister.&#8221; The article contrasts PBS&#8217;s \u2064reaction with the lack of scrutiny toward similar actions taken by previous administrations, such\u200b as Biden revoking press passes for conservative outlets. the author argues that\u2063 Trump&#8217;s adjustments are aimed at\u200c increasing media diversity, rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-reasons-joe-biden-isnt-the-ethical-president-time-magazine-claims\/\" title=\"13 Reasons Joe Biden Isn&#039;t the &#039;Ethical&#039; ... as Time Magazine Claims\">limiting press access<\/a>, and assesses the mainstream media&#8217;s outrage as exaggerated.  <\/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\">Liberal Media Scream: PBS twists Trump press pool diversity as &lsquo;sinister&rsquo;<\/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_2021786\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s another reason for all the PBS and NPR critics to call for federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3329280\/campaign-defund-pbs-npr-heats-up-let-soros-fund-them\/\" title=\"\">tax dollar defunding<\/a>. Instead of cheering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3331017\/media-whining-faces-strong-pushback-over-trump-press-pool-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">expansion of media<\/a> allowed into the White House press pool, PBS declared it a &ldquo;sinister&rdquo; move to censor the press.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3328721\/liberal-media-scream-mike-johnson-cuts-off-cbs-bedwetting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Liberal Media Scream<\/a> features the outlet&rsquo;s twisted view of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt&rsquo;s decision to take charge of choosing who is in the daily pool that covers White House events for the rest of the press when there isn&rsquo;t enough room for all, such as the near-daily back-and-forths President Donald Trump hosts in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>She made the decision because she believed that the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association was being too selective by favoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">legacy media<\/a> and barring new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dear-young-women-stop-trying-to-be-coastal-grandmothers-its-not-healthy\/\" title=\"Dear Young Women, Stop Trying To Be \u2018Coastal Grandmothers.\u2019 It\u2019s Not Healthy\">-age social media<\/a> and conservative outlets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Karoline Leavitt just destroyed Howard Kurtz over the decision to stop relying on the White House Correspondents Association for press pools. <\/p>\n<p>She tells him WHCA had a monetized monopoly on press coverage that began over 100 years ago before radio existed.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pgBxtegVuy\">pic.twitter.com\/pgBxtegVuy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1896244678535840076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 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>The old guard protested, though, in its first week of operation, the new pool remained heavy with&nbsp;legacy media. One exception was the <em>Associated Press<\/em>, which Trump&rsquo;s team omitted because the news service won&rsquo;t recognize the president&rsquo;s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as the government has.<\/p>\n<p>In our example, PBS <em>NewsHour<\/em> co-anchor Amna Nawaz called the White House move an attack on the press, prompting contributor and <em>Washington Post<\/em> columnist Jonathan Capehart to chirp that &ldquo;we are in more sinister territory&rdquo; with Trump and the media.<\/p>\n<p>Of course neither talked up former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s move to take away the press passes of over 400 mainly conservative outlets or former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s seizing of phone records from <em>AP<\/em> or others in his dragnet for leakers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PBS Paints As &lsquo;Sinister&rsquo; Trump Adjusting White House Press Pool\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tb42cE6iEPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From Friday&rsquo;s PBS <em>News Hour<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMNA NAWAZ:<\/strong> <em>His continued attacks on the press, blocking the AP&rsquo;s access from some White House coverage as well. You saw him take control of the White House, take control of the press pool that covers the president full time, makes sure everyone else knows what&rsquo;s happening with the president. Peter Baker, of course, longtime Russia correspondent, said it reminded him of the Kremlin press pool takeover. And I just want to get your takes on where that sort of attack on the press stands and whether we&rsquo;re in much more sinister territory now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>JONATHAN CAPEHART:<\/strong> <em>I do think we are in more sinister territory because you&rsquo;ve got to look at what&rsquo;s happening with AP, in light of his lawsuits against CBS, against ABC, threats, threatening the licenses of other broadcast entities. This is all part of a pattern of roughing up anyone he views as not either insufficiently loyal or people who have wronged him. And he looks at the press as an entity that has wronged him.<\/em><\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brent Baker<\/a>, the Steven P.J. Wood senior fellow and vice president for research and publications at the Media Research Center, explained our pick: &ldquo;Imagine that. President Trump sees &lsquo;the press as an entity that has wronged him.&rsquo; And he&rsquo;s fighting back, which really upsets the legacy media despite the fact that nothing he has done has blocked the public from full access. It&rsquo;s hardly &lsquo;sinister&rsquo; just because the White House is allowing a more ideological diverse group of outlets to get access instead of just a few privileged and entitled journalists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rating:<\/span> <em><strong>Three<\/strong> out of <strong>five<\/strong> screams.<\/em><\/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_2021786\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2021786\"}});<\/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>PBS labels Trump&#8217;s press pool diversity as &#8216;sinister,&#8217; prompting calls for defunding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2409217,"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\/Feat.LightsCameraAction1.021225.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[51272,32491,19567,51150,3634],"class_list":["post-2409216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-diversity-2","tag-liberal-media","tag-pbs","tag-press-pool","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Feat.LightsCameraAction1.021225.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409216","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=2409216"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409220,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409216\/revisions\/2409220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}