http://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/02/26/scott-jennings-lays-out-the-facts-as-cnn-panel-seethes-over-wh-press-access-reforms-n2408979
Legacy media outlets are freaking out at new rules which have removed the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) entirely from the press access equation. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that the White House will determine which media outlets will get access to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The WHCA is furious like any child who no longer gets his or her way. Oh, well. Leave it to Scott Jennings to tell seething CNN panel guests to get over themselves.
Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) ~ 🚨 NEW: Scott Jennings lays out the facts as CNN panel seethes over WH press access reforms:
“In the first months of the Trump administration, the president took 1009 questions, hardly dictatorial behavior. Same stat for Joe Biden, 141."
"And I would remind you all that in 2023, the Biden administration revoked the hard passes of 442 journalists."
"And at the time, the White House Correspondents Association took a non-committal stance. So if you're worried about transparency, Trump is being just more transparent."
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/1894598380107493548
And speaking of the hysterical tweet from the NYT's Peter Baker, Karoline Leavitt had this appropriate response ...
Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) ~ Give me a break, Peter. 🤡
Moments after you tweeted this, the President invited journalists into the Oval and took questions for nearly an hour.
Your hysterical reaction to our long overdue and much needed change to an outdated organization is precisely why we made it.
Gone are the days where left-wing stenographers posing as journalists, such as yourself, dictate who gets to ask what.
Poor lil' Peter ... he's overdue for his shot of Thorazine.
The WHCA was standing in the way of progress for hundreds of outsider media outlets. Instead of being ruled over by these unelected ‘journalistic’ oligarchs, the White House has opened news briefings and media access on a level we’ve never seen.
Everyone can see how angry and spoiled the WHCA is reacting to this new reality.
Kevin M. Nelson (@KevinMNelsonUSA) ~ It’s hard to argue with facts; as much as they would like to. The nerve of ANY outlet to think they should have permanent exclusive access is absurd. Hundreds of journalists/dozens of outlets want access. None of these lying propaganda outlets have earned a “right” to access.
Walter Curt (@WCdispatch_) ~ This whole freak out is so hilarious. Should go back even further ... when Obama was prosecuting journalists.
Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) ~ How soon they forget.
Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) ~ Decades of lies, hoaxes and propaganda finally carries a bit of a cost.
E (@Simply4Truth_) ~ The panic in their voices is palpable. It's wild.
WHCA should be panicking. All the lies and deception they've participated in have brought us to this moment. Their time is over. New media is finally getting its chance. The WHCA can no longer deny them their place in the White House.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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