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Earlier this week, Donald Trump Jr. argued that some seats in the White House press briefing room should be opened up to non-legacy media outlets. Fox News host Will Cain believes those slots have been earned by people like Megyn Kelly and Joe Rogan.
While discussing the comments from Trump Jr. on FOX & Friends on Wednesday morning, Cain made it clear he believes the case can be made that independent media members belong in the room.
“There might be a White House press briefing seat for The Will Cain Show,” he joked. “The truth is though, most of us from The Will Cain Show to Joe Rogan to Megan Kelly, and so forth, we don’t have large, built-out news departments, reporters, and journalists set to sit in that room.
“I can’t imagine seeing Megyn and Joe moving to DC and ready to ask questions directly, but they’ve earned it,” Cain added. “That’s the point that I think is being alluded to here or we’re getting to. As long as they want to invest and build out, they have earned it.”
Cain added that, in his opinion, the current occupants of the White House press briefing room no longer have the trust of viewers and observers that they need to continue helming the seats.
“That whole group, the one that has the 49 seats now, they have lost everything, every bit of trust through Russigate to Donald Trump to Covid and every other story,” Cain said. “What credibility do you have that you think entitles you to that seat? And I think most of us at this point don’t care,” he said. “I don’t care what ABC or CBS or NBC have to say, but I would be interested to hear what a question from Joe Rogan would be.”
