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Deadline Q&A: WHCA President Eugene Daniels Talks About This Year’s Dinner And The Press Corps’ Response To Trump 2.0’s Attacks On News Media
Daniels says that this year's dinner will be very different.
And so I think I’ll probably maybe leave it there…Many people in the press corps felt like we have to continue to do our jobs, being in the rooms, asking the tough questions, and that won out at the end of the day. The board has worked diligently, all nine members, on a volunteer basis to fight for more access, and that has continued even as the relationship has changed with the White House. [As reports surfaced that the White House was considering such a move, the WHCA board released a statement saying that the administration was trying to “cynically seize control of the system through which the independent press organizes itself, so that it is easier to exact punishment on outlets over their coverage.”]
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