The White House "Press Corps" is present at the White House at the pleasure of the President of the United States. Make no mistake about that !!! There is NO CONSTITUTIONAL, LEGISLATIVE, OR ANY OTHER "RIGHT" for their presence other than the good will of the President to provide them some space to be and to, from time to time, speak with them directly or through his designee.
"Legend has it that reporters first took up a daily beat inside the White House one frigid day in the early 1900s, after President Theodore Roosevelt noticed a band of correspondents staking out sources in the rain. The president "looked out and took pity," as one chronicle of the period reports it."
Here are some links you can use to further inform yourself:
- http://www.whca.net/history.htm (Pay particular attention @ 3:37 min. )
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_press_corps
- http://www.whca.net/history.htm
- A biased point of view: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-white-house-press-corps/2017/01/27/69d6c986-e407-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.6af4edddc8f0
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