Two conservative-leaning cable news outlets have gained permanent seats in the press-briefing room of the White House, Politico reported Friday.
Newsmax will have the center chair in the next-to-last row while One America News Network (OAN) will share an assigned seat in the very last row with BBC News, according to a chart provided Politico by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA).
According to WHCA President Jeff Mason, the tweaks to the seating chart were done with a view to keeping “scarce real estate [from] going unused” and as the WHCA considered, among other factors, “regular briefing attendance” when revising the chart.
• Ken Shepherd can be reached at kshepherd@washingtontimes.com.
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