Americans changed their news consumption habits years ago, but the White House press briefing room did not reflect those changes—until now.
Despite floundering ratings at CNN and MSNBC, and outlets like The Washington Post hemorrhaging readership and revenues, corporate media was long given deference across Washington, D.C., especially at the White House.
But now, with the Trump administration’s creation of the “new media chair,” and opening the press briefing room to podcasters and social media influencers, the White House briefing room is a better reflection of where American people actually consume their news.
Pew Research reports that 54% of Americans get their news from social media at least some of the time, and 27% of Americans said the same of podcasts.
While the legacy media might view the changes in the White House press briefing room as…
