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BumRushDaShow

(142,935 posts)
Wed Nov 13, 2024, 01:58 PM Nov 13

Scoop: Trump expected to shake up White House briefing room

Source: Axios

8 hours ago


A new Trump administration is expected to challenge traditions in the famous James Brady Press Briefing Room, sources told Axios.

Why it matters: Confidants of President-elect Trump are considering changes that would give newer, MAGA-aligned voices access to daily press briefings.

The big picture: Practices that have governed the White House's interaction with the press have long favored mainstream outlets such as major broadcast and cable news networks, national newspapers and wire services.

  • Trump's first administration tried to ban outlets it saw as unfavorable from off-camera press briefings. That included the New York Times, Politico, CNN and BBC.
  • More recently, his campaign blocked multiple reporters from its election watch event in Mar-a-Lago last week, including those from Politico, Axios and Puck News.


  • Zoom in: At least two media executives who run MAGA-aligned news outlets — one in streaming and one in text — told Axios they plan to apply for credentials that would give them access to White House press briefings.

  • The briefing room currently seats 49 reporters across an array of outlets. Any efforts to expand access to daily press briefings to pro-Trump outlets, such as Steve Bannon's War Room, would need to come at the expense of existing outlets.
  • Seat assignments tend to flux marginally with each new administration. But the most visible seats in the front have historically been reserved for bigger TV networks that air clips from the briefing room regularly.


  • Yes, but: The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) has control over seating, but the White House determines press credentials.

  • Therefore, it's possible for an outlet to be credentialed, but not have a briefing room seat.
  • The WHCA famously removed the conservative One America News Network (OANN) in 2020 from the daily White House briefing rotation after the outlet failed to comply with WHCA COVID rules.


  • Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/11/13/trump-reporters-white-house-briefing-room
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    orwell

    (7,970 posts)
    1. Mr. Bigly Most Perfect President?
    Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:13 PM
    Nov 13

    Joe Rogan here from Save America from Leftist Commie Perverts and Traitors Podcast.

    Rapist: Yes Joe.

    Joe: Is this the greatest administration in the history of any country in any time on the planet earth?

    Rapist: Well some people are saying that...Bfglrgurg...and commie Joe Biden...GLurgadap...and Commiela! ("It's called the weave...&quot

    Joe: That is exactly what my listeners think. Thank you most glorious and humble leader for all Americans, even those who hate you from the commie left.

    Rapist: You are welcome. Please leave a donation in the MAGA for the World tip jar on your way out. Burfalgistonozi...

    Mawspam2

    (853 posts)
    8. Betcha ya he moves the press out of the White House.
    Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:06 PM
    Nov 13

    He'll move them down the street and set up a two-way closed circuit at the Brady Press Room. That way there will be room for every whack-a-doodle pos-caster and he can still shut out the Maggie Haberman's of the press from leaking every West Wingers grievances.

    Paladin

    (28,822 posts)
    10. Will trump try to ban the NY Times again?
    Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:36 PM
    Nov 13

    Considering all the aid and comfort the Times gave him, this time around?

    keep_left

    (2,448 posts)
    11. I wonder if we'll see the return of Chanel Rion from ONAN...er...OANN?
    Wed Nov 13, 2024, 04:21 PM
    Nov 13

    How could we forget her rather...interesting...sartorial choices when it came to work attire? By the way, it was Rion's behavior during Covid that got OANN banned from the press briefing room. She was one of the far-right "influencers" that turned pandemic precautions into another front in the culture war.

    https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143125554#post6

    Comfortably_Numb

    (4,111 posts)
    12. I guess we will find out if fluffing for trump will save NYT, WP, CNN, to a lesser degree M$NBC.
    Wed Nov 13, 2024, 04:23 PM
    Nov 13

    They earned an award for all the shit washing they did of the Orange rapist during the campaign.

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