by Jake Welch, The National Pulse:
The White House has managed to eject hundreds of reporters from the Press Briefing Room by using new rules, which limit the number of journalists who are able to qualify for a hard pass. The effect of the new rules – introduced in May this year – has been to remove White House passes from a whopping 442 reporters: a 31 percent reduction.
The White House now requires reporters to work full time at a news organization, live in and around Washington D.C., regularly cover the White House, submit to an investigation by the Secret Service, and obtain “accreditation by a press gallery in either the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, or Supreme Court.” Reporters can potentially obtain a temporary day pass, however, but even they would be required to reapply every single day.
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The White House also possesses more control over who is able to obtain a pass and can remove the passes of those who fail to act “in a professional manner.” This includes Today News Africa reports Simon Ateba, who was issued a letter by press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre warning him that his pass would be suspended if he continued to disrupt press briefings.
One journalist, Matthew Harper, who lost his pass, has resorted to legal action to have it reinstated, with his lawyer arguing:
“The requirement of accreditation by a press gallery in either the U.S. Congress or the Supreme Court appears to be an effort to purge smaller, regional news outlets who cannot afford enough reporters to continually cover both the White House and another branch of government.”
The corporate media had a collective freak out in 2018 when the Trump White House temporarily suspended far left activist Jim Acosta, who works for CNN.
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