🥲 Leavitt Sets Media Straight With Fact-Check On Joe Biden ⤵️‼️
Karoline Leavitt defended White House press pool changes, contrasting Donald Trump’s transparency with Joe Biden’s limited media availability.⤵️‼️
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt vigorously defended new executive media access policies during a Washington event hosted by Axios, contrasting Donald Trump’s press availability with former President Joe Biden’s comparatively limited public appearances.
Responding to questions raised by Axios co-founder Mike Allen regarding recent pool restrictions, Leavitt insisted that restructuring White House press coverage actively breaks up traditional legacy media monopolies to empower non-traditional outlets.
Leavitt emphasized that thousands of reporters currently hold official White House credentials, arguing against allowing a handful of elite news organizations exclusive, permanent access to the thirteen-member daily press pool.
She concluded that these administration policy changes promote unmatched overall transparency, ultimately granting a significantly broader variety of diverse news outlets direct access to executive branch reporting operations moving forward.
