{"id":9163,"date":"2025-02-27T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T11:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-is-the-white-house-press-pool-and-why-is-trump-seizing-control-of-it\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T11:35:48","slug":"what-is-the-white-house-press-pool-and-why-is-trump-seizing-control-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-is-the-white-house-press-pool-and-why-is-trump-seizing-control-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the White House Press Pool, and Why Is Trump Seizing Control of It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The White House announced on Tuesday that it was seizing control of the press pool covering President Trump, becoming the first administration in decades to insist that it will decide which news organizations, and which reporters, are allowed to be close enough to question the president in places like the Oval Office and Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday night, Eugene Daniels, the president of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association, responded by announcing that the group\u2019s board of directors, which represents news organizations that cover the president, would no longer distribute pool reports from the White House\u2019s chosen correspondents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis board will not assist any attempt by this administration or any other in taking over independent press coverage of the White House,\u201d wrote Mr. Daniels, who is also a reporter for Politico. \u201cThis move from the White House threatens the independence of a free press in the United States. It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The move by the White House, and the response from the correspondents\u2019 association, raises questions: What is the press pool? Why does it exist? Why is this different from what has happened in the past?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The White House press pool was created during President Dwight D. Eisenhower\u2019s term to solve a practical problem: When the president makes news on the road or at the White House, which of the hundreds of White House correspondents get to be there?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The answer, developed through cooperation between news organizations and presidential administrations of both parties, was the creation of a small group of correspondents, TV cameras and photographers who would be the eyes and ears of the broader White House press corps in those small settings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The arrangement works like this: The White House agreed to let a group of reporters be with the president in those locations, while the choice of which correspondents were in the group was left to the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association. The W.H.C.A., created in 1914, is an independent group whose members are accredited to cover the president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The composition of the pool has changed over time, but it currently includes three wire service reporters; two print or online reporters; a radio reporter; four photographers; and a television crew, including a producer, an audio technician and a camera operator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For decades, the correspondents\u2019 association and news organizations have decided which of their journalists to rotate into those slots, in part to ensure that the White House, regardless of party, did not have the ability to select only \u201cfriendly\u201d outlets that could ask questions of the president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Once that is decided, the names are communicated to the White House, which helps arrange the logistics required to grant access to the Oval Office, Air Force One or other secured areas.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-759dfd51\">What does the White House want to change?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said on Tuesday that the White House would decide who rotated into the pool slots, not the correspondents\u2019 association. That allows the Trump administration to handpick which journalists relay the president\u2019s activities to the public.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cMoving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team. Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join, fear not. But we will also be offering the privilege to well-deserving outlets who have never been allowed to share in this awesome responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The change comes at a moment when the White House is chipping away at the ability of major news organizations to cover it. Mr. Trump\u2019s press staff had already kicked The Associated Press out of the pool for refusing to abide by the president\u2019s demand to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The A.P. has been kicked off Air Force One, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday, the administration announced that a television crew from Newsmax, a conservative network, and correspondents from The Blaze and Axios would be part of the pool at the White House. The administration said that The A.P. would continue to be barred from the pool and that Reuters would also not be allowed to participate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It is not clear which news organizations will be allowed to join Mr. Trump during an expected trip to Florida over the weekend.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1b2cfb69\">What do members of the pool actually do?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The pool reporter sends out a pool report documenting the president\u2019s remarks, movements and actions for the rest of the press corps. In 2003, Mike Allen, then a Washington Post reporter, was the pool reporter on Air Force One during President George W. Bush\u2019s secret trip to Baghdad. Mr. Allen later documented the takeoff:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201c8:25 p.m. Air Force One was rolling. 8:27 p.m. Air Force One was airborne. Journalists peeked out the shades and saw that the plane had on none of the running lights that are customarily visible, including the red or green ones on the wings. The movie \u2018Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines\u2019 had begun playing in the press cabin. 8:45 p.m. The plane seemed to be going unusually fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pool reports have documented historical presidential moments. In 2023, a Wall Street Journal reporter, Sabrina Siddiqui, traveled secretly with President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to Ukraine\u2019s war-torn capital. As the pool reporter, she delivered numerous reports documenting the president\u2019s travel and meetings in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cDue to security concerns, pool has agreed not to share real-time updates on the president\u2019s movements. Full details of how he got here and methods of transportation are also being held until the president is safely out of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to covering remarks and actions by the president in small spaces, news organizations and the White House have historically agreed to have a \u201cprotective pool\u201d to ensure that the public receives timely information about the president\u2019s health and safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To that end, a press pool travels wherever the president goes in vans that are part of the presidential motorcade. If the president travels to the U.S. Capitol in his motorcade, the press pool will accompany him. When the president travels in his motorcade through the streets of Moscow or Istanbul, the press goes along. If the president plays golf for several hours, the press pool will wait nearby \u2014 sometimes in the vans \u2014 to ensure it can report quickly if something happens to the president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The need for the protective pool has been proved repeatedly over the decades. An unofficial pool of campaign reporters was with Mr. Trump during the 2024 campaign when he was shot during a Pennsylvania rally. In 1981, the pool was with President Ronald Reagan during an assassination attempt at the Washington Hilton. Judy Woodruff was in the protective pool that day as a reporter for PBS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-504ed390\">Who does the White House want in the pool?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The White House has not specified exactly, but Ms. Leavitt has said she wants to increase access for podcasters, social media influencers and other creators of \u201cnews-related content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In recent weeks, the administration has moved to increase access for partisan figures who are sympathetic to the administration, such as the podcast host Sage Steele and Brian Glenn of the Right Side Broadcasting Network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many news organizations are interested in being part of the pool, which gives reporters an up-close view of the president\u2019s actions and the chance to ask the president questions. But until now, only members of the correspondents\u2019 association could be part of the pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The association\u2019s membership is broad and amounts to several hundred correspondents. To gain full membership, correspondents must first acquire a Capitol Hill press credential, live in the area and cover the White House full time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe W.H.C.A. reserves membership for outlets that have demonstrated commitment to the beat and to high-quality, fact-driven journalism,\u201d the association says on its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the biggest roadblocks to participation in the press pool is the cost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Whenever a reporter boards Air Force One or travels in the president\u2019s motorcade, the cost of that travel is billed to the news organizations. Taxpayers do not pay for the media\u2019s expenses. Hotels, food, internet and ground-based transportation are all billed back to the news organizations as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That can get costly. Traveling with the president on short, domestic trips can cost several thousand dollars per person. Overseas trips to places like Asia or Africa or Europe often cost tens of thousands of dollars per person. A television network that sends multiple people to cover the president on a foreign trip often spends in excess of $100,000 over a weeklong trip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An individual blogger or a small, online news organization is often not in the position to pay those costs. 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