Leavitt did not provide specific details of how the plan might work, but it would allow #Trump and his aides to handpick which #reporters & #media personalities were granted the ability to ask him questions & observe his behavior.

The change announced by Leavitt breaks decades of precedent. The White House Correspondents’ Association, a group representing #journalists who cover the admin, has long determined on its own which #reporters would participate in the pool.

Because presidents often hold events in smaller settings like the Oval Office, where not every reporter who covers #POTUS can fit, the #press pool format has long been used to ensure that journalists accurately record a president’s comments.

@mkpetkova

Bissan Owda

@palestine
#reporters

#Trump talks about #reporters being #shot and says he shouldn’t have left the #WhiteHouse after his 2020 #loss

#Trump #intensified his #verbal #attacks on what he cast as a “#demonic” #DemocraticParty and the #American #media, steering his #rally in #Lancaster, #Pennsylvania, at one point to the topic of #violence against members of the #press.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-kamala-harris-presidential-election-a310fbc211ad8f0f5e290547ec284187

Although #Trump’s attacks on the #press are not new, they have escalated in recent weeks. Trump has said that #CBS should lose its broadcast license over a 60 Minutes interview w/VP #KamalaHarris, his Democratic opponent. He has pressured #FoxNews to stop airing ads that are critical of him. He has threatened #Google for showing negative stories about him. He has previously vowed to #jail #reporters.

#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism

By the end of the meeting…, it appeared to Shipley & Lewis that #Bezos had reservations about The #WashingtonPost endorsing either candidate….But they thought he was open to persuasion.

Bezos’ ultimate decision, to end #WaPo’s decades-long practice of endorsing presidential candidates, exploded into public view on Friday, drawing criticism from #reporters, #editors & #readers, along w/an unusual rebuke from the legendary Post journalists #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein.

On the campaign trail, #Trump has threatened to exact #vengeance on #journalists & #media outlets should he win the presidency once more.

In particular, he has promised to #jail #reporters who won't identify the source of government #leaks & to strip 3 big TV networks of their licenses to broadcast. (Only local TV stations are actually licensed by federal regulators, not the networks themselves. But the 3 networks own 80 local TV stations between them.)

@freedomofpress

"“I made that call on air,” Jonathan Dagher, head of the #Reporters Without Borders ( #RSF ) Middle East Desk... “On Al Jazeera, I said: ‘We call upon the #Israeli authorities to allow first aid to reach Samer.’”

Despite the repeated calls, medical aid wasn’t able to reach Abudaqa, who died of his wounds that day.

Abudaqa is one of at least 130 #journalists & #media workers, based on RSF’s count, killed by #Israel in #Gaza since Oct 7, 2023."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/23/israel-is-deliberately-targeting-journalists-in-gaza-experts

Column: #DonaldTrump #voters who disdain him say they liked his #policies.

What #policies? The #voters rarely say, nor do #reporters follow up. Curious minds, not least mine, want to know: What are they talking about?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-09-26/donald-trump-policy-immigration-economy

@dangillmor #Spineless #Reporters? #TwitSycophants #PowerMongers #PropagandistMedia #LookAtMe #uspol

In a second #Trump presidency, the #Justice Department could also punish #reporters for refusing to name confidential sources, or prosecute them under the Espionage Act...

The #IRS could audit #journalists’ taxes & remove the tax-exempt status of the growing number of nonprofit national, regional & local #news organizations...

Justice Department guidelines for #police treatment of reporters covering #demonstrations could be rescinded."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/21/trump-second-presidency-news-media/