
Morning Glory: Change comes to the White House 'press pool'
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Hugh Hewitt explains how the White House press pool hasn't always been this way. It's not written in the Constitution and that means it can change. This is the right time for it.
So Daniels’ claims for turf in and access for the WHCA do not have any basis in the Constitution or the First or 14th amendments. Daniels’ claims are that the practices that grew up — and which have evolved — over time under the direction of legacy media should always remain fixed.
Some facts: The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was named as such in 2000 for the press secretary wounded in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. The press room was built in 1970 at the direction of President Richard Nixon, and covered over a swimming pool built in 1934. The WHCA was founded in 1914 and the West Wing in which it — as well as the Oval Office and offices of senior officials, the Cabinet Room, the Situation Room and the White House Mess — was built in 1902. So Daniels’ claims for turf in and access for the WHCA do not have any basis in the Constitution or the First or 14th amendments. Daniels’ claims are that the practices that grew up — and which have evolved — over time under the direction of legacy media should always remain fixed.