POLITICO – The White House on Wednesday removed a liberal media outlet from the rotation of reporters granted close access to the president, breaking a long-established precedent of journalists — not the White House — determining which reporters cover it.
HuffPost, an outlet decried by the right as anti-Trump, was slated to serve Wednesday in the press pool, a rotating group of journalists allowed access to the president in smaller settings. Late on Tuesday, HuffPost got an email from press wrangler Allison Schuster, asking which reporter would take the organization’s spot in the pool.
Hours later, S.V. Date, HuffPost’s White House correspondent, got a text from Schuster: “Hey — so sorry for the late notice but we actually can’t fit you in the pool tomorrow,” Schuster said. At 5:59 a.m., he got another text identifying a different publication that would serve as the print pooler.
