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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 5:31 PM CDT

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.

Elena Burnett

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Mallory Yu

Mallory Yu is an associate producer for All Things Considered.

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Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a host of All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.

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