- Several White House correspondents said they are “disgusted” that President Joe Biden uses a list of approved journalists to take questions at rare press conferences, saying the president needs to hold more major pressers that allow a wider set of outlets to participate.
- The president used a list of 10 pre-selected White House correspondents from left-leaning, establishment outlets to take questions at Wednesday’s press conference, the first briefing he has held since January.
- Journalists in the briefing room, who represented nearly 100 different outlets, expressed frustration in statements to the Daily Caller, accusing the White House of doing a “disservice” to the press and the American public by allowing a selected pool of journalists to ask questions.
