Seating Chart for the New Briefing Room

According to a senior official, the White House plans to assume responsibility for press briefing room seating assignments as part of the Trump administration’s most recent display of control over the press corps.

The White House Correspondents’ Association, an independent organization that currently distributes seats and oversees relations between the White House and the press corps, might oppose the plan.

Some Trump supporters applauded the news when Axios reported on the possible seating chart changes on Sunday morning, seeing it as another attempt to limit the mainstream media establishment and strengthen overtly pro-Trump opinion sites.

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