Hey, you're listening to the On the Media Podcast Extra. I'm Michael Loanger.

Next week, the White House Press Corps will take their seats in the James S. Brady

briefing room for their first Q&A with the brand new incoming press secretary, Caroline

Levitt. During the first Trump presidency, the briefing room was a contentious place.

The White House took away credentials from reporters seemingly on a whim.

CNN, you might remember, went to court for an injunction to get their correspondent Jim Acosta

back in the room after his pass was revoked. This time around, there are hints from the Trump

team of a reshuffle in the room. Traditionally, the front row is occupied by the four major networks,

along with CNN, the AP, and Reuters. The big newspapers have assigned seats in the row behind them.

But last November, Don Jr. on a Daily Wire podcast said, the big newspapers have assigned seats in the row behind them.

But last November, Don Jr. on a Daily Wire podcast said this.

We had the conversation about opening up the press room to a lot of these independent journalists.

Like, you know, why should, if the New York Times has lied, they've been adverse to everything.

They're functioning as the marketing arm of the Democrat Party. Like, why not open it up to people who have larger viewerships, stronger followings?

That may be in the works. Let's see. That's going to blow up some heads. So, you know, we'll see.

There's been no official confirmation of a shakeup, but with or without it, we know from past

experience that the Trump White House is likely to be combative with the outlets that cover it.

Not that Donald Trump is like the only president in history to have a contentious relationship

with the press. Back in January of 2017, just before Trump's first inauguration, Brooke spoke to Time

magazine's Olivia Waxman, who, with the help of the Time Archive, had traced the path of the

White House Press Corps and found that it never did run smooth. Brooke began the interview by asking

her to take us back to the very beginning, to the

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