Journalists from these news agencies including Reuters banned from attending Donald Trump's cabinet meeting, what is the President's plan?

More than a month after assuming the presidency in the US, President Donald Trump held his first cabinet meeting. The White House refused to allow entry to journalists from some major news organizations. Media organizations have expressed displeasure against this new policy. It is being said that the President is preparing to give opportunities to new outlets.

Journalists from these news agencies including Reuters banned from attending Donald Trump's cabinet meeting, what is the President's plan?

New rules have been made regarding media coverage in the White House in America. On the other hand, news is coming that the White House refused to allow journalists of some news organizations to enter President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting.

According to the administration's new policy regarding media coverage, journalists from Reuters and other news organizations were refused entry in President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting.

The White House banned their entry

The White House refused to allow entry to an Associated Press photographer and three journalists from Reuters, HuffPost and German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel. TV crews from ABC and Newsmax, as well as reporters from Axios, The Blaze, Bloomberg News and NPR, were allowed to cover the event.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that the White House would determine which media outlets would cover the President in small places like the Oval Office.

Who will cover Trump's meeting now?

The White House Correspondents' Association has traditionally coordinated the rotation of the presidential press pool. Reuters, an international wire service, has participated in the pool for decades. White House press secretary Carolyn Levitt said traditional media organizations would still be allowed to cover Trump day-to-day, but the administration plans to change who participates in smaller venues.

Questions raised about freedom of the press

  • The pool system administered by the WHCA allowed select television, radio, wire, print and photo journalists to cover events and share their reporting with the broader media.
  • The three wire services that have traditionally served as permanent members of the White House pool - AP, Bloomberg and Reuters - released a statement on Wednesday in response to the new policy.
  • The statement from the three organizations said that these services have long worked to ensure that accurate, fair and timely information about the presidency is delivered to a broad audience of all political persuasions in the United States and globally.
  • Most of the White House coverage that people see on their local news outlets, no matter where they are in the world, comes from the wire. In a democracy it is essential that the public get news about their government from a free, independent press.
    HuffPost called the White House's decision a violation of the First Amendment right to freedom of the press.