Trump Admin Controling Press Pool ‘Dangerous’

Megyn Kelly speaks in a campaign demonstration with former Republican presidential president Donald Trump in PPG Paints Arena, on Monday, November 4, 2024 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

Siriusxm’s Megyn Kelly He expressed concern about the Trump administration’s decision to dictate which journalists are assigned to the White House Press pool on Thursday, arguing that “you cannot fuck” with something so important.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt He announced on Tuesday that the Administration intended to strip the White House correspondents association about its responsibility to determine who is part of the group daily and assume the task itself.

“Moving, the White House press team will determine the White House press team. The inherited points of sale that have participated in the press group for decades will still be allowed to join, do not fear, but we will also offer the privilege to the well -deserved exits that have never been allowed to share this incredible responsibility. ” Leavitt said At a press conference. “Just as we add a new media seat in this information room, the inherited media that have been here for years will still participate in the pool, but new voices will also be welcomed. As part of these changes, we will continue the rotation between the five main television networks to ensure that president’s comments are heard everywhere in this world. “

On Thursday, Kelly explained why he was “uncomfortable” with the new agreement during a guest segment Buck Sexton.

“Pool’s report work is very important. You are that you know, the pool was the reason we saw Ronald Reagan receive a shot. They were covering Ronald Reagan, I mean, I wasn’t doing anything extraordinary that day, but the pool is there because they always have eyes in the president. Pool was even covering, you know, President Trump when he was shot before being re -elected in Butler, Pennsylvania. The pool has to be there. And as a former Fox News reporter, and I did the White House service when I was in my very young years there, here and there, the pool is like a serious responsibility. You can’t fuck the pool, as if you really had to do well, ”he started before continuing:

And, in general, the media will decide who can make a pool because it is very expensive and everyone understands that it is important that you get someone there that will really tell you what happened. So I will say that for registration, I don’t know how I feel about the White House says: “Now we are going to decide who is in the pool.” It is not the same as saying ‘we are going to bring new voices to the press room of the press’. I love all that, but I really believe that the media should decide who is in the group, such as, because it is a matter of resources. Only the television lane alone, and they seem to be saying that television will not change, television will decide who is doing television, but the amount of cables you have to enter to prepare the cameras. Get an experienced photographer there to make sure you get moments as, God does not allow it, there is an attempt at presidential murder. As if you couldn’t fuck with that. You need true professionals who have a lot of experience, you know, establishing an opportunity, be ready for last minute news. I speak only from the kingdom of television because that is what I know. I received questions about this before really supporting or criticizing it.

Sexton, on the other hand, praised Trump’s superior staff, arguing that “these are very talented people” who “should have the ability to handle it in their own way.”

Still, Kelly’s concerns They had not been assaulted:

Well, let me ask you this, Buck. The other thing about this that makes me feel uncomfortable. And I am about to go back a left bias, I don’t have to prove it to anyone. But I do believe that the independence of the press is important. I realize that the press has lost my head, but it is written directly in the declaration of rights that yes, a free press is one of our most fundamental values, and I am not sure that I feel comfortable with the White House that says: ‘This is the one who will cover me. This is whom I will allow me to cover myself at all. One thing is to tell the AP: “F you, you do not, you have lost the right to be in these intimate spaces.” But there is a difference in saying: “We will decide, not you, members of the press, to come to each space and ask the president questions.” I mean, we could be in a democratic administration below, where they are “no one but MSNBC and, you know, the AP can have access and ask questions.”

“However, I believe that his example is, however, what we have with what we have dealt with with all Democratic administrations, which is effectively regime, has the regime that collects the media regime to cover the regime,” Sexton replied.

“Yes, but Fox is always there. Fox is always there, ”Kelly said. “And listening, this White House, have not thrown to all leftist media. They are almost the pools they want, dominant, leftist media. I only say the beginning of this, if we are going to discuss the principle, we are in dangerous terrain here. “