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The Trump administration has launched the "White House Wire" service in another move that may ruffle some feathers with mainstream media. This comes after the White House moved to shake up how the White House press pool operates, cutting wire spots from the press pool.
The White House posted on X, “The White House has its own wire now. Read what we’re reading."
The webpage, which bears some resemblance to the anti-Trump outlet Drudge Report, links to a number of reports connected to the White House and the Trump presidency from outlets such as the Daily Caller, Axios, Breitbart, The Hill, Fox News, and others.
The Drudge Report responded to the wire website that appears similar to its own outlet with the headline, “IT TAKES AN ENTIRE WEST WING TO COMPETE WITH DRUDGE.”
The link on top of the page from the White House Wire on Thursday morning read, "President Trump establishes Ukrainian Rare Earth Minerals Deal," which then linked to a video posted to X by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about the deal.
According to The Hill, earlier this week, the White House also removed a wire service position from the White House press pool, and going forward, the pool will include one dedicated "print pooler" each day as well as one additional print reporter.
There will also be one television crew from one of the major TV networks in the pool as well as a secondary television or streaming service. Included in the pool will also be a radio journalist as well as four photojournalists. Additionally, in line with the "new media seat" in the White House press room, one "new media" journalist will be in the pool each day.
An official at the White House told the outlet that reports will be chosen on a rotating basis, and that there will no longer be permanent spots as part of the media shake-up in the press pool. The official added that those admitted into the pool will be chosen “irrespective of the substantive viewpoint expressed by an outlet."
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