By Natalie Winters, Daily Caller News Foundation | April 21, 2025
You would think a press corps palpably triggered by the addition of a few new media members would have been outraged by the invasion of over 10 million illegal aliens.
Based on their coverage of triple threat Kilmar Garcia, the allegedly “violent” wife-beater, gang member, and illegal alien would receive a warmer welcome.
While the White House’s new media initiative began in January, there’s been a recent surge of legacy media apoplexy over their newfound colleagues.
Call it the next phase in the New Media vs. Legacy Media Thucydides Trap.
The New York Times, barely able to hide their contempt for the new media listeners, moaned how “officials have made room for a new cohort of more partisan attendees, like right-wing podcasters, who often ask less-adversarial questions than traditional journalists.”
“The increased attention toward pro-Trump media personalities, who rarely challenge the administration’s talking points, has undercut the briefings as a space to relay accurate information to the American public and hold the president to account,” continued the article, complete with a mug shot-style chart of new media seat holders.
Politico opted to frame the shift as a “breakup,” pondering why Trump is “trying to kill the institution that made him?” Maybe because that institution has no interest in trying to find out who tried to kill him.
Revisionist history aside, the no longer USAID-subsidized outlet lamented that the administration “rewarded friendlier, more acquiescent outlets and individuals.” Mother Jones declared these outlets the “new state media.”
Natalie Winters is a contributor at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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