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The press pool consists of select journalists and photographers. The picture is 11 February 2025. Trump is speaking on the Gulf of America case.
The Trump administration in the US has decided to exclude Reuters, Bloomberg and AP News Agency from the White House Press Pool. The White House said on 15 April that these news agency will no longer get a permanent place in the press pool.
The press pool is a small group, which consists of about 10 media institutions. It consists of some journalists and photographers. These people cover every small and big activity of the President and inform the rest of the journalists.
There is always a group of journalists outside the White House or outside the White House to cover the President’s activities.
White House changed 111 year old tradition
The White House Press Pool began in the 1950s at the time of President Dwight D. Eisenhwar. In fact, the crowd of journalists started growing to cover the President. A small group of journalists was formed to deal with this. It was named Press Pool.
The responsibility of deciding which media houses will be in the press pool were with the White House Repulsions Association (WHCA). It is an independent organization of journalists. It was established in the year 1914. The rest of the media institutions that are not directly connected to Washington, they depend on these news agencies for up-to-date reporting, video and audio.
This system was made so that the White House could not choose journalists in a biased manner and all get fair information. However, the White House has changed the tradition that has been going on for more than a century. Now only the White House will decide which media house close to the President can reach and who is not.
White house will choose the press pool members daily
White House Press Secretary Caroline Lewitt said that now his team will choose the members of the press pool daily. Its purpose is to spread the message of President Trump to the right audience and keep expert journalists for every issue. Press Secretary Levit claimed that this would bring more variety in the press pool.
However, this decision of the White House is considered an attack on the freedom of the press. Opponents of the verdict say that this step weakens independent journalism. A Reuters spokesperson said, “Our news reaches billions of people every day. This step of the government endangers the rights of the people in which it should get independent and accurate information.”
Press pool will also include not only journalists but also content creators
The White House did not say clear, but the press secretary Lewit said that they want to give a chance to the podcaster, social media influencer and ‘news related content creators’. Recently he has given a chance to pro -Trump people, such as Brian Glenn of Podcaster SEZ Steel and Right Side Broadcasting Network. Earlier only members of WHCA, which have hundreds of journalists, could join the pool, but now the White House will choose people according to its own.
Brian Gayle is the same journalist who questioned his dress during the Ukrainian President’s visit to America.
There was a dispute over Gulf of America
The first dispute between the White House and the Press began in February 2025, when the news agency AP was dropped from the press pool by the White House. This happened because this media house refused to call the Gulf of Mexico a ‘Gulf of America’.
After being dropped from the press pool, AP filed a case against the Trump government. Last week, the Federal Judge has ruled in favor of the news agency. The judge said that the Trump administration took revenge action against the news agency. This is a violation of the freedom of the press in the US Constitution. The judge then ordered AP to be re -included in the press events to be held in the Oval Office and Air Force One.
Gulf of Mexico is often called the ‘third coast’ of the US, as it is adjacent to 5 states of America. Trump has changed its name to Gulf of Mexico after taking oath again.
Media house like News Max-The Blaze place in the press pool The White House has dropped the news agency AP as well as Reuters and Bloomberg out of the press pool. They have now been replaced by Conservative Media like Newsmax and The Blaze in the press pool.
This does not mean that he will not be able to cover President Trump. Now these news agencies will join rotation with 30 other print media outlets. Being in rotation, his direct reach to the President’s activities will be reduced.
News agency AP spokesman Lauren Easton described it as a ‘serious loss’ to the American public. Reuters said that they would continue to work for independent and fair journalism.
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