Trump’s Putin-Like Cull of the White House Press Pool


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Feb 28 2025 36 mins   839 4 0

The Washington Roundtable discusses the Trump Administration’s decision to bar the Associated Press from Presidential events, Jeff Bezos’s dramatic makeover of the Washington Post’s opinion section, and why freedom of the press matters. Plus, what journalists can do to meet this moment.


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