By not defending the AP publicly and strenuously the WHCA showed they were unwilling to act as an organization on basically the main purpose they were formed. These are the consequences of that choice. - ThreadSky

chronotope.aramzs.xyz • 4 hours ago

By not defending the AP publicly and strenuously the WHCA showed they were unwilling to act as an organization on basically the main purpose they were formed. These are the consequences of that choice.

Reposted from Justin Baragona

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer choose the pool reporter.

"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."

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ofhuman.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Okay and moving forward, the White House Press Assoc will not invite one person from this so-called administration to their dinner

wooble.geoffreyspear.com•3 hours ago

Of course they will. They're spineless.

everythingisph.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Spinelessness has consequences

jupiter8088.bsky.social•3 hours ago

She is opening the pool to brand new press, podcasters and bloggers giving them a seat at the table. Sounds democratic don't ya think?

emptyset09.bsky.social•4 hours ago

They had one job! They literally only exist to exert pressure as a coherent group and they failed to do that. Make it make sense

josue-eusoj.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Nothing like WHCA cucking to Trump. Typical.

marysanders.bsky.social•4 hours ago

They came for the Associated Press but I wasn’t the AP so …..

simplyjack.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Good maybe they’ll actually do their job instead of mindlessly parrot whatever the fuck the White House wants them to say

scarletwild.bsky.social•3 hours ago

This plastic blow up Barbie has too much orange on those Lips

castanton.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The way things are going, if the White House approves a media organization, we can't trust the.

coolbeanscole.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Fascism much?

davymak.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Brainless fuck!…

newblue25.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Very true. We can only exist and thrive as a collective society. It’s a moral issue in which we all must participate.

The AP, vaccination, DEI, healthcare, and disabilities are some examples which require all of our attention.

@joyannreid.bsky.social touched on this last night on her final show.

lauraplybon.bsky.social•3 hours ago

All press should just boycott the White House.

matunos.bsky.social•4 hours ago

but I was led to believe they were working hard behind the scenes

booktweeting.bsky.social•4 hours ago

capitulation never works

capitulation never, ever works

savewhoyoucan.bsky.social•4 hours ago

We Americans out there, arguing about who is to blame, what to do. Listen to him.

We now have two choices. Live free or kneel to your MAGA king like a slave.

Color? Gender? Race? Immigrant? Rural? Urban? Worker? Boss? Poor? Rich? Red? Blue? Your flag is one of these.

I know which one is mine.

jmayday.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Media boycott the press room. Let Fox and the rest of the kooks have it.

teramis.bsky.social•4 hours ago

This seems like the right time for ALL WHCA members to boycott all WH briefings. No WH should be able to pick 100% of their own coverage. Leavett may think they'll be fine with a few right-wing megaphones doing all reporting but 47 won't long tolerate a lack of mass headline coverage everywhere.

greysky209.bsky.social•4 hours ago

And KJP and Biden's team are saying - gee we should have thought of that move.

murzee.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The plutes need to pay attention -- appeasement invariably leads to this. They may not be next tomorrow, but they definitely will be next some day soon.

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