WhiteHouse imposes new rules on reporters' credentials, raising concerns about access
WASHINGTON - The White House has implemented new rules that it says will cut down on the number of journalists that hold"hard" passes, the credentials that allow reporters and technicians to enter the grounds without seeking daily permission.
Under procedures announced in March and implemented over the past few weeks, journalists will qualify to renew their hard passes only if they have entered the White House grounds at least 50 per cent of the time in the 180 days before renewal, effectively once every other day. If they fall short of this, their hard passes will not be renewed.
Some of the confusion about the new policy seems to be a result of the White House's policy of making exceptions to the 50-per-cent rule. The White House last year revoked the hard pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta after Acosta engaged in a heated exchange with Trump during a White House press conference. After a brief legal fight, a federal court ordered the White House to restore Acosta's access.
In an opinion piece published Wednesday, Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote that he was denied a hard pass, although the paper's reporters who cover the White House were all granted exemptions. It's also not clear whether the White House is accurately counting the number of days that reporters enter the grounds. One journalist said she received an email notifying her that she had met the standard and that she had been granted renewal of her hard pass - despite the fact that she has been to the White House only a few times over the past year.
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