Headline Roundup • April 30th, 2025
White House Hosts 'New Media' Press Briefing
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The White House hosted the first press briefing for influencers on Monday, ahead of President Donald Trump's 100th day in office.
The Details: The group included Sean Spicer, who was Trump's first press secretary and now hosts a YouTube show, Arynne Wexler, Kambree Nelson, and Rogan O'Handley, known online as DC Draino. White House Press Secretary Karoline Levitt went to Wexler for the first question. Wexler opened with, “I can attest to the deportations in Florida, my Uber drivers finally speak English again, so thank you for that.” Other questions included questioning why Trump still does interviews with legacy media, when the FBI and Justice Department would release more Epstein files, and when the border wall would be completed.
How The Media Covered It: The story was covered more on the left than the right. The Washington Examiner (Lean Right bias) highlighted policy-oriented questions and mentioned “new media” was a loose term that included outlets like Axios (Lean Left). Outlets on the left highlighted that the room was disproportionately filled with MAGA influencers and pointed out questions that seemed too friendly. The Independent (Lean Left) mentioned that Tim Pool was at one of the briefings, “And it was just last week that Tim Pool, the pro-Trump podcaster who unwittingly took vast sums of money from a Kremlin influence operation.”
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For the second day in a row on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a press briefing exclusively for members of what she called the “new media,” claiming she was fulfilling a promise she made at the start of the Trump administration to speak to “all media outlets.”
Of course, as she laid bare at the start of Monday’s presser, these sessions are mostly a way to take softball questions and applause lines from a host of MAGA sycophants who are absolutely ecstatic to be given the opportunity to sit in the...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held court with social media influencers as part of a special new media briefing before President Donald Trump commemorates his first 100 days of his second administration.
Among those in attendance on Monday before Tuesday’s anniversary were Sean Spicer, Trump’s first-ever White House press secretary, who now hosts a YouTube show.
Mr. Spicer, it’s good to see you here, my predecessor,” Leavitt said.
Spicer asked what priorities Trump was trying to pass through legislation rather than relying on executive orders. Leavitt replied that Trump was seeking to secure more funding...
The Trump White House hosted its first official influencer briefing on Monday, April 28. The event marked a shift from traditional media engagement to include modern digital creators. The briefing, typically limited to credentialed journalists, opened its doors to content creators, political commentators and social media personalities.
Expanding beyond legacy media
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt led the event. The move reflects the administration’s ongoing effort to engage audiences on platforms where many Americans now consume news, such as Instagram, TikTok and X.
“It’s a shift from relying solely on...
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