White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that the Trump administration has received over 10,000 submissions requesting “new media seat” credentials in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
Leavitt detailed the massive influx of submissions to a packed room of reporters during the briefing on Friday, days after she announced the seat would designated for members of “new media.”
“This White House has received more than 10,000 submissions from individuals across the country who are eager to join all of you–we might have to make this room a little bit bigger to do that–who want to participate in our new media seat at a future briefing,” she said.
During her first White House press briefing on Tuesday, Leavitt detailed that a seat traditionally reserved for her staff would be opened up to “new media voices who produce news-related content and whose outlet is not already represented by one of the seats in this room.”
“We welcome independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this White House,” she added. […]
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