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The WHCA has determined access to the White House for decades
The White House Correspondents Association will no longer be responsible for determining which outlets get privileged access to the briefing room and the White House, President Donald Trump's administration announced Tuesday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the White House press team will now determine the rotations and which outlets get access, upending decades of WHCA supremacy. Leavitt clarified that legacy media outlets that have been prominent within the WHCA will still have a presence at briefings, and that the five major television networks will still be relied on to broadcast White House events.
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Trump admin guts White House Correspondents Association in bid to end 'monopoly' of 'DC journalists'
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says her press team will determine White House press pool rotations, not the White House Correspondents Association.
