Podcasters and social media influencers will be permitted to apply for credentials to cover the White House, the new press secretary announced Tuesday.
“The Trump White House will speak to all media outlets and personalities, not just the legacy media that are seated in this room,” Leavitt said. She cited a Gallup poll showing low trust in media in the United States, particularly among younger people.
I’m not a younger person but my diminished trust in legacy media is largely due to it being influenced by social media and influencers and not holding up to the standards or responsibilities they’re trusted with.
Do people, younger people, have a higher trust among podcasters than ABC, CBS, PBS, Reuters?
Imo it’s more specialized/Tribal. With so many podcasters you can shop/select someone that most aligns with your political opinion. Also since Podcaster are typically less bound by PC/Public opinion then outlets like even Fox News, you can get really specific.
You want redpill? Here you go. Want somone who think the earth is flat? Here you go. Vaccine skeptic? Sure.
If you have these beliefs, why would you not trust someone who says it like it is and agrees with you?
Republicans’ top priority is to help people get stupider. This aids that. Imagine Alex Jones at these media events. Probably will happen now…
She also told reporters they are not allowed to criticize Glorious Leader. Gonna be a fun four years.
On a theoretical level this is a good idea. I do think that press availability shoukd be extended to professionals outside the big news corps.
However… we all know how this is going to be exploited by this administration. They are going to fill the press seats with social media allies so they can push out or ignore journalists asking critical questions.
Agreed. This is one of the rare times where on the surface I agreevwith what this administration is doing. Of course in practice I don’t think it’s going to be used that way.
