BREAKING: Head of the White House Correspondents’ Association rings a five-alarm bell about Donald Trump’s destruction of the free press — and says that Americans can no longer trust the press pool.
Every single American needs to hear this…
“For years the WHCA had created a format for standards, length, accuracy for the American people that they could trust that those standards created by the folks that actually do the work were understood by everyone and you could trust the reports that were coming out of that,” said Eugene Daniels, president of the WHCA.
“That can longer be trusted frankly. Because at the end of the day, these standards are going to be created by the folks that are being covered,” he added.
“This is not about us at the WHCA,” he continued. “This is about the American people being able to depend on what comes out of these press pools and getting an unvarnished look at the people who run their country.”
His stark words come in the wake of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s shocking announcement that the Trump administration would be seizing control of the pool, a move designed to grant more access to friendly far-right outlets.
Leavitt promised to give more access to “well deserving” “new media” outlets, which is just code for deranged MAGA conspiracy theorists off the internet.
Previously, the White House Correspondents’ Association — an independent group of journalists — was responsible for choosing the press pool. It assured that the coverage was fair and neutral, rather than simply a mouthpiece for the current administration.
Going forward, we should expect nothing but party line propaganda out of the press pool