White House Announces Major Shake-Up in Briefing Room, Strips WHCA of Its Monopoly Over Press Access

Debra Heine, American Greatness

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the White House has taken control over the

make up the White House press pool, brushing aside the liberal White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), which for 111 years was responsible for deciding which outlets were allowed access to the president. Leavitt told reporters during Tuesday’s briefing that the move would “give even greater access to the American people.” The White House has argued that media access to the president is a privilege, not “a constitutional right.”