Claim 6

The White House announced it would take over press pool selection.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The White House announced it would take over press pool selection.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2025-02-25
About: incident 2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool
Source: WHCA Statement on White House Announcement on Press Pool archived copy
Publisher: White House Correspondents' Association
Method: official statement
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-02-25

Quotation from the source

This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States. It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president.