hard to argue with much of this https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/26/whca-cared-more-about-protecting-biden-than-defending-the-first-amendment/ WHCA Cared More About Protecting Biden Than Defending The First Amendment When freedom of the press was actually under attack, the WHCA stood by silent and indifferent. BY: BRIANNA LYMAN FEBRUARY 26, 2025 On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House Press Office will now decide which reporters will get to cover the president daily, ending the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) exclusive role in selecting journalists for the job. Leavitt clarified that corporate media outlets would still be included, but the WHCA’s power to handpick the press pool is over. Unsurprisingly, the WHCA and its members quickly cried foul and feigned outrage about “free press.” WHCA President Eugene Daniels said the change “tears at the independence of a free press in the United States.” Peter Baker of The New York Times went so far as to compare the change — expanding access for independent media — to the Kremlin taking “over its own press pool.” “None of this will stop professional news outlets from covering this president in the same full, fair, tough and unflinching way that we always have,” Baker said in a post on X. “Government efforts to punish disfavored organizations will not stop independent journalism.” But their so-called concern for “free press” rings hollow. When freedom of the press was actually under attack, the WHCA stood by silent and indifferent because the press was more concerned about protecting then-President Joe Biden and Democratic interests. When the Biden White House revoked 442 reporters’ press credentials, the WHCA took “an officially noncommittal stance.” The WHCA selectively defended outlets and reporters, filing amici briefs on behalf of CNN’s Jim Acosta and Brian Karem after their hard passes were revoked. The WHCA also released a statement in defense of CNN’s Kaitlin Collins when she was barred from an event. But, as the Daily Caller’s Amber Athey wrote in these pages, “the WHCA voted to remove conservative One America News Network (OANN) from the briefing room rotation for not abiding by its contrived social distancing guidelines, even though OANN’s correspondent had been personally invited to be in the briefing room by the Trump administration.” The WHCA was notably silent when The Federalist, along with The Daily Wire, sued the State Department for blacklisting conservative media outlets. And as The Federalist co-founder and CEO Sean Davis pointed out, “When the Biden White House demanded that big tech companies like Facebook and Google censor conservative media outlets for the crime of critically reporting on the Biden White House, the WHCA didn’t object.” more at the link
Fired CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge reveals photos of files on Hunter Biden, COVID origins seized by network: ‘Attack on investigative journalism’ https://nypost.com/2025/02/26/media...hunter-biden-covid-origins-seized-by-network/
ABC News suspends Terry Moran after Trump administration condemns ‘hater’ post By Brian Stelter, CNN Updated 11:48 AM EDT, Sun June 8, 2025 Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran was suspended Sunday after he posted a highly critical assessment of President Donald Trump and Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on the social media platform X. In the missive, which was posted shortly after midnight, Moran said both Trump and Miller are “world-class haters.” For Trump, he said, hatred is “only a means to an end, and that end is his own glorification. That’s his spiritual nourishment.” For Miller, on the other hand, “hatreds are his spiritual nourishment,” Moran charged. “He eats his hate.” Moran — who landed a rare Oval Office interview with Trump in April — later deleted the tweet and didn’t post anything further. As for ABC, “they have said they will be taking action,” she added, apparently referring to a private conversation. About one hour later, the news division said Moran, its senior national correspondent and former “Nightline” anchor, had been suspended. Continued...
Moran was wrong. It's understandable, but he was wrong. He did pull down the posts. But this is pretty far down on the list of things to be concerned about right now.
It was stupid of him to comment (especially for him, considering he's been fired now). The WH demanding he be suspended or terminated is what I found utterly... wrong, for lack of a better word right now. You didn't hear the Biden administration publicly calling on journalists that crossed them to be disciplined or fired.
