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Understanding the importance of the White House press pool

NPR | By Elena Burnett,
Mallory Yu, Scott Detrow
Published September 21, 2026 at 6:31 PM EDT

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bloomberg's Jeff Mason, past president of the White House Correspondents' Association about President Trump's decision to ban three major news outlets from the building.

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Mallory Yu is an associate producer for All Things Considered.
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Scott Detrow is a host of All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.
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