On April 23rd, The Western Journal posted an article about a podcaster, Tim Pool, asking his first question during a White House press briefing. Tim Pool is a 39-year-old podcaster who is described as a “you tuber – journalist.” He is considered right-wing by the mainstream media. His website is timcast.com. Now that the White House Press Conferences are including a wider variety of media, Tim Pool is in attendance.
The article reports:
For those of you wondering why there needed to be a new media seat in the White House press briefing room, leave it to podcaster Tim Pool to elucidate with his first ever question at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
In case you haven’t been keeping up with one of the legacy media’s biggest outrages at the second Donald Trump administration, one of the many changes the press office has made is to include a spot for a “new media” representative during media briefings — “a catchall category that the administration said would include podcasters, social media influencers and other creators of ‘news-related content,’” The New York Times reported in January, a move which they said was part of a series of changes that would upend what it called the “delicate journalistic ecosystem of the White House’s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.”
And, just to put a finer point on it, here were some of the “new media” participants as per the Times; open and proud liberals didn’t have their sympathies noted, while others were listed as being from “right-wing media,” “right-wing podcast[s]” or “right-wing video platform[s].”
The left never identifies themselves as left-wing. It’s up to the public to figure that out!
This was the question Tim Pool asked:
“Many of the news organization that are represented in this room have marched in lock step on false narratives, such as the ‘very fine people’ hoax, the Covington smear, and now what’s being called the ‘Maryland man’ hoax — where an MS-13 gang member, adjudicated by two different judges, I believe, is just simply being referred to as a ‘Maryland man’ over and over again,” Pool began when called upon by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“In an effort from the White House to expand access to new companies, you’ve created this ‘new media’ seat. So I’m wondering if you can comment on — following this expansion, you’ve had numerous outlets disparage the companies that you’ve had sit here, as well as the reporters” featured, he added.
“I’m wondering if you can comment on that unprofessional behavior, as well as elaborate on if there’s any plans to expand access to new companies.”
The article continues with the answer:
Leavitt (Karoline Leavitt), barely suppressing a smile, said, “We certainly welcome diverse viewpoints,” which was part of the reason behind the fact “there’s many new faces in this room.”
“We welcome unbiased journalists who really care about the truth and the facts and accuracy,” she continued, noting how the “Maryland father” story — the Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation, where a man with a history of gang affiliation and brushes with the law that was in the country illegally was sent back to his home country — had been distorted beyond belief. (Abrego Garcia is a “Maryland father” in the same way that Che Guevara was an “Argentine physician” — technically true, but wholly extraneous.)
I think future press briefings are going to be fun! I think the “delicate journalistic ecosystem of the White House’s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room” has been upended.
