Media Freedom vs. White House Rules: Who Controls the Narrative?

There are argu­ments against media con­trol by any administration—Biden or Trump—insisting the White House belongs to the peo­ple, not polit­i­cal agen­das. The cur­rent Trump White House press office is deemed accept­able as long as infor­ma­tion flows freely. How­ev­er, past griev­ances sur­face: CBS once blocked Trump from dis­cussing “the lap­top,” and the press corps ignored it. Now, the White House plans to rotate tra­di­tion­al news out­lets for cov­er­age, a move that could dis­rupt lega­cy media’s nar­ra­tive dom­i­nance, spark­ing debate over trans­paren­cy and influ­ence 35 days into the admin­is­tra­tion.

• If I don’t want the biden admin­is­tra­tion to con­trol the media, i don’t want the trump admin­is­tra­tion to con­trol the media. The office belongs to the peo­ple. It has noth­ing to do with like or dis­like. Right now, there isn’t a prob­lem with what the white house press office is doing as long as the infor­ma­tion flows. CBS stopped Trump from talk­ing about the lap­top. The press corp left the lap­top out of the news­cy­cle. 
• The White House says it will deter­mine which news out­lets cov­er Trump, rotat­ing tra­di­tion­al ones. This could have a big impact on the way lega­cy media can con­trol the nar­ra­tive.