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Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
White House is refusing to distribute press pool reports that contain ‘inconvenient' info
In what appears to be a push to take even firmer control over the press corps' coverage of the current administration, the White House is now selectively distributing reports submitted by press poolers and apparently cutting the ones it doesn't like. Oliver Darcy of Status News first reported Wednesday night that at least two recent dispatches filed by the poolers on duty were not sent out to the news outlets that are subscribed to the White House pool report mailing list. Earlier this week, Dallas Morning News correspondent Joseph Morton sent out an email about the press being on the move from the White House to President Donald Trump's speech at a fundraising dinner for the National Republican Congressional Committee. While the message essentially conveyed that a small group of reporters was traveling to cover the event, it also included the following observation: 'A reporter and photographer with The Associated Press were turned away from joining the pool.' Notably, the refusal to allow AP journalists to travel with the press corps came shortly after a federal judge ruled that the White House must restore access to the wire service. The White House had banned the Associated Press journalists from the daily rotation of pool reporters because of the outlet's editorial decision not to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America' following Trump's executive order renaming it. 'That specific pool report from Morton, I've learned, was never distributed by the White House to news outlets subscribed to its pool report mailing list—a notable omission and a clear break from precedent,' Darcy reported. Besides the Dallas Morning News report, the White House also withheld a Monday dispatch from RealClearPolitics reporter Philip Wegmann, who noted that a scheduled press conference between the president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been canceled. The White House Correspondents' Association, which has already had much of its power over the press corps stripped away by the administration, has already raised the alarm over the White House's censorship of its journalists' reports. 'Traditionally, pool reporters file dispatches about the president's movements and remarks that are then distributed by the White House to the wider media ecosystem,' Darcy noted. 'Now, it appears the White House is withholding reports it doesn't like—choosing not to distribute pool reports that contain information it finds inconvenient or unflattering.' Though the correspondents' association also manages its own email list for members of the association to counter government control of the alerts and to ensure its reporters receive the real-time dispatches, journalists who aren't members – specifically from smaller independent outlets – have to rely on the White House's official mailing list 'This is a perfect example of why the White House Correspondents' Association for years has provided independent delivery of pool reports,' association president Eugene Daniels said in a statement. 'It's critical that journalists who cover the presidency—and the Americans who rely on their coverage to stay informed—get unfiltered information free from government control.' The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It comes as the administration has already seized power from the association over which reporters and outlets receive press pool assignments and is now looking to control where journalists sit in the White House briefing room.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
White House is refusing to distribute press pool reports that contain ‘inconvenient' info
In what appears to be a push to take even firmer control over the press corps' coverage of the current administration, the White House is now selectively distributing reports submitted by press poolers and apparently cutting the ones it doesn't like. Oliver Darcy of Status News first reported Wednesday night that at least two recent dispatches filed by the poolers on duty were not sent out to the news outlets that are subscribed to the White House pool report mailing list. Earlier this week, Dallas Morning News correspondent Joseph Morton sent out an email about the press being on the move from the White House to President Donald Trump's speech at a fundraising dinner for the National Republican Congressional Committee. While the message essentially conveyed that a small group of reporters was traveling to cover the event, it also included the following observation: 'A reporter and photographer with The Associated Press were turned away from joining the pool.' Notably, the refusal to allow AP journalists to travel with the press corps came shortly after a federal judge ruled that the White House must restore access to the wire service. The White House had banned the Associated Press journalists from the daily rotation of pool reporters because of the outlet's editorial decision not to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America' following Trump's executive order renaming it. 'That specific pool report from Morton, I've learned, was never distributed by the White House to news outlets subscribed to its pool report mailing list—a notable omission and a clear break from precedent,' Darcy reported. Besides the Dallas Morning News report, the White House also withheld a Monday dispatch from RealClearPolitics reporter Philip Wegmann, who noted that a scheduled press conference between the president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been canceled. The White House Correspondents' Association, which has already had much of its power over the press corps stripped away by the administration, has already raised the alarm over the White House's censorship of its journalists' reports. 'Traditionally, pool reporters file dispatches about the president's movements and remarks that are then distributed by the White House to the wider media ecosystem,' Darcy noted. 'Now, it appears the White House is withholding reports it doesn't like—choosing not to distribute pool reports that contain information it finds inconvenient or unflattering.' Though the correspondents' association also manages its own email list for members of the association to counter government control of the alerts and to ensure its reporters receive the real-time dispatches, journalists who aren't members – specifically from smaller independent outlets – have to rely on the White House's official mailing list 'This is a perfect example of why the White House Correspondents' Association for years has provided independent delivery of pool reports,' association president Eugene Daniels said in a statement. 'It's critical that journalists who cover the presidency—and the Americans who rely on their coverage to stay informed—get unfiltered information free from government control.' The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It comes as the administration has already seized power from the association over which reporters and outlets receive press pool assignments and is now looking to control where journalists sit in the White House briefing room.
The Independent
10-04-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
White House is refusing to distribute press pool reports that contain ‘inconvenient' info
In what appears to be a push to take even firmer control over the White House press corps' coverage of this administration, the White House is now selectively distributing reports submitted by press poolers and apparently cutting the ones it doesn't like. Oliver Darcy of Status News first reported on Wednesday night that at least two recent dispatches filed by the poolers on duty were not sent out to the news outlets that are subscribed to the White House pool report mailing list. Earlier this week, Dallas Morning News correspondent Joseph Morton sent out an email about the press being on the move from the White House to President Donald Trump's speech at a fundraising dinner for the National Republican Congressional Committee. While the message essentially conveyed that a small group of reporters was traveling to cover the NRCC event, it also included the following observation: 'A reporter and photographer with The Associated Press were turned away from joining the pool.' Notably, the refusal to allow AP journalists to travel with the press corps came shortly after a federal judge ruled that the White House must restore access to the wire service. The White House had banned the Associated Press journalists from the daily rotation of pool reporters because of the outlet's editorial decision not to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America' following Trump's executive order renaming it. 'That specific pool report from Morton, I've learned, was never distributed by the White House to news outlets subscribed to its pool report mailing list—a notable omission and a clear break from precedent,' Darcy reported. Besides the Dallas Morning News report, the White House also withheld a Monday dispatch from RealClearPolitics reporter Philip Wegmann, who noted that a scheduled press conference between the president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been canceled and wasn't taking place as scheduled. The White House Correspondents' Association, which has already had much of its power over the press corps stripped away by the administration, has already raised the alarm over the White House's censorship of its journalists' reports. 'Traditionally, pool reporters file dispatches about the president's movements and remarks that are then distributed by the White House to the wider media ecosystem,' Darcy noted. 'Now, it appears the White House is withholding reports it doesn't like—choosing not to distribute pool reports that contain information it finds inconvenient or unflattering.' Though the WHCA also manages its own email list for members of the association to counter government control of the alerts and to ensure its reporters receive the real-time dispatches, journalists who aren't WHCA members – specifically from smaller independent outlets – have to rely on the White House's official mailing list 'This is a perfect example of why the White House Correspondents' Association for years has provided independent delivery of pool reports,' WHCA president Eugene Daniels said in a statement. 'It's critical that journalists who cover the presidency—and the Americans who rely on their coverage to stay informed—get unfiltered information free from government control.' The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, this comes as the administration has already seized power from the WHCA over which reporters and outlets receive press pool assignments and is now looking to control where journalists sit in the White House briefing room.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
LA Times Hit by More Layoffs as Dozens Cut From Operations, Communications Divisions
A month after at least 40 newsroom employees accepted buyouts, the Los Angeles Times has been hit by another wave of brutal layoffs, this time on the outlet's business side. While the full count isn't known, Oliver Darcy reported Thursday that dozens of employees across the company's operations and communications sections were let go this week, including Vice President of Communications Hillary Manning. Representatives for the Los Angeles Times didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap. Manning also did not respond to a request for comment; as of this writing, her LA Times email address has not been deactivated. The report of more cuts comes a month after more than 40 newsroom employees accepted buyouts offered by the paper's billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong. The exact number of affected employees in that round of cuts is unknown but at least 17 were reporters. And as TheWrap exclusively reported, this included 23-year veteran senior writer Jeffrey Fleishman, staff writer Tracy Wilkinson and national and foreign editor Alan Zarembo, who were the first confirmed staffers to take the buyout. At the time of those buyouts, an employee who was still at the the Times told TheWrap that six veteran copyeditors were also among those taking a buyout. This employee had particularly harsh criticism of Soon-Shiong, saying in part, 'that's a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge lost. Perhaps we should put out a missing flyer in search of the man who bought our paper and made promises about its future.' In January 2024, following the resignation of executive editor Kevin Merida, the Times laid off 115 journalists, with more editors resigning in the following months. But the latest cuts also follow what critics charge is Soon-Shiong imposing a decidedly right wing tilt on the paper that began when he axed the paper's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris for president. Editorial Editor Mariel Garza resigned in protest over that decision, and as TheWrap reported at that time, editorial writer Karin Klein and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Greene both quit the day after. The post LA Times Hit by More Layoffs as Dozens Cut From Operations, Communications Divisions | Report appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta braces for ex-Facebook employee's tell-all book
Meta is trying to prebunk the claims made by an ex-Facebook employee in what has been described as an explosive insider account. A document from the company first shared with Semafor runs through various details from, a new memoir by Sarah Wynn Williams, a former director of public policy at Facebook. \The company is pushing back particularly hard on descriptions of its efforts to woo users in China and Myanmar, and the concessions the company considered as it attempted to operate abroad. The Meta document lays out how many of the details in the book were reported in The New York Times, Wired, and other business outlets. The company has been aggressively campaigning against the book all week. It shared information earlier this week with media writers Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter, sent a letter to the book's publisher, and dispatched spokespeople Andy Stone and Frances Brennan to criticize the book and its claims on X.
