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President-elect Donald Trump<\/a> is considering removing mainstream media journalists from the White House press briefing room, according to his son.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> told Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles on Monday that the elder Trump may reorganize the White House press briefing room\u2019s seating arrangement to sideline mainstream media outlets and give credentials to independent news outlets and podcasters. On Trump Jr.\u2019s own podcast, \u201cTriggered,\u201d the president-elect\u2019s son confirmed that he had discussed the idea with his father and tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has become a close ally of Trump\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the conversation about opening up the press room to a lot of these independent journalists,\u201d said Trump Jr. \u201cIf The New York Times has lied, they\u2019ve been adverse to everything, they\u2019re functioning as the marketing arm of the Democrat Party. Why not open it up to people who have larger viewerships, stronger followings?\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to popular podcast host Joe Rogan, who\u00a0interviewed\u00a0his father just days before the election, Trump Jr. added, \u201cI\u2019d love to see Rogan in the White House press briefing, or even rotate guys out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after Trump Jr. broke the news, Trump himself<\/a>\u00a0issued\u00a0a demand for The New York Times to apologize for its dishonest coverage of his presidency and campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill the failing New York Times apologize to its readers for getting years of \u2018Trump\u2019 coverage so wrong? They write such phony \u2018junk\u2019 knowing full well how incorrect it is, only meaning to demean,\u201d he said in a post on Truth Social. He noted that one journalist in particular, to whom he referred as \u201ca third-rate writer and fourth-rate intellect,\u201d has written \u201cstory after story, always terrible, and yet I almost never speak to her. They do no fact-checking, because facts don\u2019t matter to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mainstream media outlets have rapidly\u00a0fallen\u00a0in popularity, with a majority placing little to no trust in the outlets. According to a Gallup poll published late last month, one-third of Americans place \u201cnot very much\u201d trust in mainstream media and even more (36%) do not trust mainstream media \u201cat all.\u201d The share of Americans with either a \u201cgreat deal\u201d or even just a \u201cfair amount\u201d of trust in mainstream media has fallen from 45% in 2018 to just 31% in 2024.<\/p>\n

Much of the sharp decline in trust in mainstream media has been attributed to political bias and a lack of credibility on the part of mainstream journalists. Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos\u00a0explained\u00a0that news outlets \u201cmust be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It\u2019s a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement. Most people believe the media is biased.\u201d <\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cLack of credibility isn\u2019t unique to The Post. Our brethren newspapers have the same issue. And it\u2019s a problem not only for media, but also for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bezos also noted the growing influence being wielded by independent and alternative news outlets and podcasters. \u201cMany people are turning to off-the-cuff podcasts, inaccurate social media posts, and other unverified news sources,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n

In comments to The Washington Stand, Family Research Council Action Director Matt Carpenter said, \u201cThe ultimate irony of the 2024 election season was that the effect of the entire cable news apparatus playing attack dog against President Trump<\/a> and Republicans was that it incentivized them to utilize the emerging, and much larger, alternative news space.\u201d <\/p>\n

He added, \u201cShows like \u2018The Joe Rogan Experience\u2019 gave voters a three-hour unedited window into how President Trump<\/a> interacts with someone who many have come to trust as a source of information: Joe Rogan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carpenter continued: \u201cIt\u2019s fitting that the president-elect would consider shuffling the White House press room to reflect the updated media environment as market share and audience plummets for cable news networks and podcasters and independent journalists rise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump made use of independent and alternative media, especially podcasts, in his historic 2024 campaign. Over 22 million X users listened in to Trump\u2019s two-hour audio interview with tech billionaire Musk in August, after the latter purchased the social media platform that banned Trump, then the sitting U.S. president, nearly four years ago. <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s appearance on the \u201cImpaulsive\u201d podcast with YouTuber Logan Paul garnered over 6 million views, his appearance on \u201cThis Past Weekend\u201d with comedian Theo Von earned over 14 million views, and his appearance on comedian Andrew Schulz\u2019s \u201cFlagrant\u201d scored nearly 7 million views. Trump\u2019s interview with Rogan, released less than 12 days before the election, has currently been watched by nearly 52 million people.<\/p>\n

Vice President-elect JD Vance also\u00a0ran<\/a>\u00a0the podcast gamut. His interview with Von garnered over 6 million views, his appearances on the \u201cFull Send Go\u201d podcast and the \u201cTim Dillon Show\u201d scored about 2 million views each, and his interview with Rogan totaled over 18 million views. <\/p>\n

A number of YouTube viewers cited Vance\u2019s interviews as a key factor in deciding who to vote for, with many expressing shock that Trump\u2019s opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, had decided to label Vance \u201cweird.\u201d One user commented, \u201cThis guy is supposed to be weird? He\u2019s like the most normal, down-to-earth guy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Another, referring to the length and depth of the interviews, said, \u201cIs it me or [do] these podcasters do a 10 times better job bringing out the real interviewee than a \u2018journalist\u2019 ever could?\u201d<\/p>\n

The night of the election, Musk told X users, \u201cYou are the media now.\u201d If Trump does, in fact, reorganize the White House press briefing room, podcasters, independent news outlets, and even influential X users may end up being the new media.<\/p>\n

Originally published by The Washington Stand<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n