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.