Posted on 07/01/2017 12:43:41 PM PDT by ColdOne
Conservative media outlets have more official seats in a new White House briefing room seating chart released Friday.
The updated seating chart sees conservative news organizations Newsmax and One America News (OAN), as well as British newspaper The Daily Mail, with designated seats. Newsmax and the Mail have their own spots, while OAN shares a seat.
None of the organizations had a spot under the previous seating chart, adopted in 2015.
The New York Post now shares a seat with the Christian Science Monitor, both organizations that previously held their own seats. The new chart also gives a seat to Westwood One radio, which it did not previously have.
In an email to the White House press corps announcing the seating changes, White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) president Jeff Mason said the WHCA board considered multiple factors in making changes to the previous seating chart.
“The board considered multiple criteria during this decision-making process, including regular briefing attendance and commitment to the White House beat – we did not want scarce real estate going unused,” Mason said.
“We also looked at news outlets’ audiences, both in terms of reach and in terms of preserving (or in some cases adding) diversity in the briefing room. We took stock of the changing landscape of our industry.”
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And here are the seats for CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and CBS.
Since CNN is universally recognized as fake news, why do they still have a seat? Seems like Spicer and company should remove them.
The administration doesn't do the seating charts. According to the article, it's done by the White House Correspondents Assn. Which strikes me as yet another bureaucratic group that needs nixing.
What happened to Breitbart, I wonder? I thought they had a seat too.
Yep. A private group should not be making decisions on this very public setting. I vote that as a first step have them get MSNBC and CNN to share a seat, else remove both in favor of other deserving groups.
Al Jazeera/PBS sharing a seat? Priceless! ;)
I just wish that taxpayer funding would be withdrawn from PBS. They barely pay lip service to being “fair”, and it’s easy to see that they’re a propaganda arm for the left/Democrat party. Why should conservatives have to contribute to a media entity which is uniformly a mouthpiece for the Democrats?
WHAT THE HeCK!!! By plopping FNN front row those assess are delivering a strong middle finger message to the prez! DRIVE FNN OUTOUTOUT!!
Have CNN and MSNBC share one chair. Have ABCNNBCBS share one mind. (Oh. They already do.)
LOL. Winning! MAGA!
I agree. I watch their cooking and craft and gardening and home remodeling shows and have never sent them a dime; I figure I’m ‘paying’ for it, anyways. (We only have Free Government TV out here in the sticks.)
I never watch their news or any of their flat-out propaganda.
Same with public radio. The most irritating thing is that they always begin with a leftist premise in their stories and interviews, and the stupid token “conservatives” they have on just allow it, never challenge it.
Given the scarcity of seats, it may well be time for the networks that have both a TV and radio chair to combine them.
Another end run...
CNN - in the far corner - LOVE IT -
Fox news not in great position BUT has TWO seats - only one with two...
Trying to stop or outdo DJT is spitting in the wind...
Now, id they keep it up - next move is out on the lawn...
oh dang - I was looking at the chart from the wrong way
Let them keep the seating arrangement.
Just revoke CNN’s white house press credentials and leave the seat vacant.
Then put Mika and Joe on the no fly list.
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