The White House kicked Huffpost, Reuters and a representative of the foreign press from the traditional 'swimming pool' on Wednesday, making the promise of press secretary Karoline Leavitt good to choose which points of sale cover in limited spaces.
In anticipation of the first cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump, the three reporters were told that they were not allowed to add the rest of the swimming pool via Pershedists, banned alongside the reporter and photographer of the Associated Press, who were driven out of the swimming pool earlier this month about the refusal of the wire service to 'GUST' GUID SERVICE to 'GULTH SERVIENCE' GUID SERVICE to 'GULTH SERVIENCE' GUID SERVIENCE to 'GUID SERVIENCE' GUID SERVIENCE to 'GUID SERVIENCE' GUID SERVIENCE to 'GUID SERVIENCE' GUID SERVIENCE to 'GUIDEN DERRIM' '
Huffpost's years of reporter of the White House SV Date told DailyMail.com that the White House knew in advance that it was planned to serve as a representative for printing – newspaper and online – for events in the White House Wednesday.
For decades, De Witte Huis Correspondents Association, a membership organization consisting of journalists from a range of points of sale, determined a rotation for the daily pool.
On Wednesday, instead of allowing itself to join the swimming pool, the White House had a Axios reporter occupy his place.
“I will say this, I've been pooling for 10 years since the Obama administration,” said Date of Reporters in the briefing room.
'The number of times the Obama Witte Huis, Trump Witte Huis 1, Biden Witte Huis and Trump Witte Huis 2 in the time I have merged so far have asked to be corrected an error in one of my polar reports? Zero. No. Never, “he argued. “The number of times one of those white houses has asked for a correction in one of my stories, that is also zero.”
“So it's not about accuracy, it's not about competence, and I will let them explain what it's about,” said Date, who wrote a book about Trump entitled “Useful idiot.”
An official of the White House told DailyMail.com that the '[White House Correspondents’ Association] Pool that Huffpost was part of no more. '
A Pershulp from the White House tells reporters from Reuters, Huffpost and the Associated Press that they are not welcome to become a member of the 'Pool', which was on their way to covering President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting
Members of the White House 'Pool' – the group of journalists who have been assigned to cover the president in tight spaces – stand and wait on Wednesday in the briefing room to be let in to cover the first cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump
It is unclear whether the treatment of Huffpost will extend to other left -wing points of sale.
Axios' spokesperson Jake Wilkins told DailyMail.com that the outlet was not informed about the circumstances under which the pole slot became available.
“We had nothing to do with the decision to remove Huffpost and were not aware of that decision when we accepted the place,” Wilkins said.
In anticipation of the exclusion of Reuters, the best editors of all three wire services – The Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg – sent a joint explanation that protested against the White House decision to limit access.
“It is essential in a democracy for the public to have access to news about their government of an independent, free press,” said the statement. “We believe that all steps of the government to limit the number of wire services with access to the president, threatening that principle.”
“It also damages the spread of reliable information to people, communities, companies and global financial markets that are highly dependent on our report,” said the statement.
Traditionally, a reporter from each of the threads is always included in the swimming pool.
The Associated Press has already sued three members of the administration to get the access back, but a judge this week did not immediately correct the situation.
The perspool can be seen about the first cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump. The swimming pool about Trump Wednesday has excluded Huffpost, the planned print pooler, Reuters and a representative of foreign media. A reporter of the fire was added
President Donald Trump speaks to the press during his first cabinet meeting of his second administration. Prior to the meeting, his staff prevented Huffpost, Reuters and a representative of the foreign points of sale to join the swimming pool
The White House interpreted that as a victory, the trolling of the AP by having the TVs read in the briefing room on Monday evening: “Victory – Gulf of America.”
On Wednesday, with Reuters and the foreign pole away, the White House also added a representative of the 'new media'.
The White House staff selected Chris Bedford from De Blaze, the conservative news site originally founded by former Fox News personality Glenn Beck.
“We want more points of sale and new points of sale to get a chance to participate in the perspool, to cover the unprecedented performance of the administration up close, at the front and center,” Leavitt said on Tuesday when explaining the unprecedented decision of the White House to check which reporters the Pool made up.
She continued: 'As you have known for decades, a group of DC-based journalists, De Witte Huis Correspondents' Association has long dictated which journalists can ask the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. '
“Not anymore,” said the 27-year-old press secretary.
“I am proud to announce that we will give the power back to the people who read your papers, watch your TV shows and who listen to your radio stations,” Leavitt said. “Progress is the White House -Persbad determined by the Press team of the White House.”
The announcement has been closed by proponents of freedom of press.
On Monday the White House trolled the Associated Press by setting Signate in the briefing room with the text: “Victory – Gulf of America.” A provisional statement did not allow the AP to join the 'swimming pool' of the White House immediately
Eugene Daniels, this year's president of this year, said in a statement that the association of correspondents was blinded by the announcement of the White House.
“To be clear, the White House did not give the WHCA board a heads -up or held discussions about today's announcements,” he said.
He also argued that the Trump -white house no longer had access, but rather Koos and Koos which reporters came closest to the president.
“This movement tears about the independence of a free press in the United States,” said Daniels. “It suggests that the government will choose the journalists who cover the president.”
“In a free country, leaders may not be able to choose their own press corps,” Daniels offered.
He also noted that the WHCA has expanded its polar rotations to facilitate the recording of new and emerging points of sale.
“Since its foundation in 1914, the WHCA has tried to ensure that the reporters, photographers, producers and technicians who actually do the work – 365 days of each year – decide among themselves how these rotations are managed, so to guarantee consistent professional norms and fairness in access to all readers, viewers, Zeiden,” Zeiden. ”
Senior White House -correspondent Jacqui Heinrich from Fox News Channel, a WHCA board member, publicly punished the decision of the White House.
“This movement does not give the power back to the people – it gives strength to the White House,” she wrote on X.
“The WHCA is democratically chosen by the full -time press corps of the White House,” she explained. “WHCA has had Polish for decades because only representatives of our points of sale can determine the resources that all those points of sale – such as staff – to get the president's message for the greatest possible audience, regardless of the day or hour.”
Fox News and Newsmax have also registered with a letter to support the AP that was organized by the WHCA.
The president of the National Press Club Mike Balsamo said in a statement that the movement of the White House was a “direct challenge for the independence of a free press in the United States.”
“The press bath, working weekends, holidays and often at great personal costs, should never be replaced by a selected group of insiders,” said Balsamo. “At the White House, we urge the course immediately and to retain the integrity of the perspool for the well -being of our democracy.”
