But if a White House’s goal instead is to receive ‘favorable coverage’ through easy questions, the American people lose out,’ the WHCA board wrote on Monday

In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room, according to a senior official.

The White House Correspondents’ Association warned today that reports that the Trump administration plans to take control of the seating chart for the briefing room would be another effort to punish journalists over coverage it disfavors.