Media whining faces strong pushback over Trump press pool changes

Published February 26, 2025 1:47pm ET



The liberal legacy media’s whining and lying about the latest move by the Trump White House to expand access to all outlets is receiving a strong pushback from advocates of having a more representative press corps cover the administration.

Written up by liberal outlets such as the New York Times as an erosion of access, the plan announced Tuesday by spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt will expand those in the White House Press pool, opening the closed club of “elite” outlets to more than just members of the White House Correspondents’ Association.

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