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Proposed merge of White House Correspondents' Association into White House press corps[edit]

The WHCA represents journalists and while not all correspondents are members they are an agency that works within the press corps. Recommend merging as was done previously. Michael-Moates (talk) 05:47, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The White House press corps is not a formal organization, just a group, and its article discusses that accordingly. The WHCA, on the other hand, is an organization, and its article focuses on its activities as such (including the controversial White House Correspondents' Dinner). {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 04:36, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of outlets[edit]

The text "The following outlets have had reporters covering the White House full time" is followed by a list of 45 humans and zero outlets. If there ever is an actual list of outlets, it would be useful to know when they were given a chair in the press briefings. Silversplash (talk) 07:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]