Karoline Leavitt set to make major change to White House press briefings that will leave liberal med

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Karoline Leavitt set to make major change to White House press briefings that will leave liberal media furious

Daily Mail
By JAMES GORDON
30 March 2025



The White House is preparing to take control of its briefing room's seating chart in a brazen power play that could upend decades of precedent and anger the liberal media.

At the center of the storm is Karoline Leavitt, the 27-year-old White House press secretary and rising conservative firebrand who finds herself poised to deliver the decisive blow.

It will mean that for the first time in modern history, the White House will dictate where reporters sit in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room rather than the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA).

Legacy media outlets such as CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC, who have long been accustomed to a place on the front-row, may find themselves several rows further back. The briefing room contains just 49 seats in very tight quarters.

The administration's plan to assume control of the briefing room seating chart will take effect in the coming weeks, stripping the WHCA of a role it has held for generations.

The WHCA, a body established to protect journalistic access and independence, has traditionally governed not only seating arrangements but also the daily press pool that shadows the president, but those days appear to be quickly coming to an end.

White House officials say the changes are part of a broader effort to modernize media access based on 'metrics more reflective of how media is consumed today.'

That means fewer guaranteed seats for institutional heavyweights and more room for rising digital platforms like Punchbowl News, Axios, and even individual online influencers.

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Love it.

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She is right. ABC, CBS, NBC, are no longer the powerhouse alpha-dogs that they used to be decades ago.
It is time to update to the new realities.

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She is right. ABC, CBS, NBC, are no longer the powerhouse alpha-dogs that they used to be decades ago.
It is time to update to the new realities.

QFT!

Give them the Bob Uecker seats.

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It will mean that for the first time in modern history, the White House will dictate where reporters sit in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room rather than the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA).

If the building were operated by the WHCA, I'd say the seating chart was their call. But it isn't. Sit where your host invites you to sit.