(GoRealNewsNow.com) – In an effort to recover biased media, President Trump’s White House is striking a blow against media gatekeeping by taking direct control of the press pool that covers the administration.
This week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the administration will now determine which journalists have access to the president, ending the monopoly held by establishment media organizations.
The move follows a court ruling that denied the Associated Press’s request to restore its access after being excluded from White House events.
This shift represents a significant change from the historical practice where the White House Correspondents’ Association controlled which journalists could cover the president’s activities.
“It’s beyond time that the White House press operation reflects the media habits of the American people in 2025, not 1925,” Secretary Leavitt said.
“A select group of DC-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly over the privilege of press access at the White House,” she added.
The Trump administration’s decision aims to diversify media representation by including new and emerging outlets while still maintaining participation from legacy media.
Major television networks like ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC will continue to have access. Still, the press pool will expand to include streaming services and other platforms that better reflect how Americans consume news today.
Moreover, this strategic change restores power directly to the American people by ensuring a wider range of perspectives covers White House activities.
For decades, a small clique of Washington insiders controlled who could report on presidential activities, often favoring liberal outlets while marginalizing conservative voices and alternative media that many Americans trust.
Traditionally, wire services like AP, Reuters, and Bloomberg had guaranteed spots in every press pool, with additional rotating representatives for print, radio, and television.
This system created an echo chamber that often resulted in biased coverage targeting conservative administrations while giving Democrat presidents softball treatment.
Predictably, the White House Correspondents’ Association has expressed alarm over losing its gatekeeper status.
The association was not consulted before the announcement and criticized the decision as a threat to press freedom, revealing its sense of entitlement to control access to the people’s houses.
“F–k the AP. They screwed us all,” said one source familiar with the situation, highlighting the frustration with how certain legacy media outlets have abused their privileged positions.
The Trump administration has already demonstrated its commitment to press diversity by allowing more outlets access to Oval Office events – a change that has faced little opposition despite establishment media complaints.
This approach ensures Americans receive news directly from a variety of sources rather than filtered through the lens of mainstream media organizations with clear anti-Trump biases.
While critics claimed this undermined press independence, supporters recognized this as a necessary step to break up the media monopoly that had long controlled the narrative coming from the White House.
The ongoing legal battle between the Associated Press and the White House will continue, with the next hearing scheduled for March 20.
President Trump is fulfilling his promise to drain the swamp by taking control of the press pool, starting with the media establishment, which has long served as a gatekeeper between the American people and their government.
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