On Tuesday, the legacy media wasn't too happy to see Tim Pool in the briefing room with them, especially since the question he asked Karoline Leavitt was about them.
"In an effort from the White House to expand access to new companies, you've created this New Media Seat. I'm wondering if you can comment on - following this expansion, you've had numerous outlets disparage the companies [and] reporters [you've had here]," asked Pool.
"I'm wondering if you can comment on that unprofessional behavior, as well as elaborate on if there's any plans to expand access to new companies," he added.
🚨 JUST IN: TIM POOL asks the first question at today's WH press briefing.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 22, 2025
He called out the entire media room and I bet they were seething. 😂
"Many of the news organization represented in this room have marched in lock step on false narratives, such as the 'very fine people'… pic.twitter.com/OF9HlprRgN
The reaction to Pool's question spoke volumes. Leftists everywhere decided to comment on Pool's dress and behavior as if it were beyond disrespectful, not just to the decorum of the White House, but to everyone in the room.
Of course, none of these people had anything negative to say about Zelensky's manner of dress when he visited, and defended Congressman John Fetterman's hoodie and shorts attire. Moreover, Pool is a journalist, not a delegate or an elected official, and that's not even mentioning that he's more of a journalist than most people in that room who would more accurately fall into the category of "propagandist."
It's important to remember that people like Pool didn't arrive there out of a vacuum. He was an answer to a market need. The people in that room weren't doing their jobs. In fact, they were openly showing contempt for the people who would be their customers on various occasions.
This was perfectly pointed out by Scott Jennings recently. As my colleague Sister Toldjah reported on Wednesday, Jennings tore into his fellow panelists for suggesting that this new media was arising — not because of their own corruption and incompetence — but because the "right's rhetoric" was causing distrust and anger to spread against it:
"What the right wing is taking advantage of is finally the American people saying enough is enough. They're tired of feeling like the mass media screens out one viewpoint versus another in political coverage. They're tired of media institutions favoring one party over another. They're tired of narratives over factual stories. If I had any advice for 60 Minutes or anybody else, it would be: just cover the news and try to be fair about it and stop putting your finger on the scale, especially during campaigns."
Naturally, the legacy media's defenders attempted to push back against Jennings, but Jeff Jarvis showed his cards when he referred to this new media as a "freak show":
"What you'd end up with in that press room, is, and these are my words, the freak show that Trump wants. Trump tries to devalue media. Why should we value his freak show there? Let's leave it to the freaks!"
Pro-tip: If you're trying to make yourself seem like the reasonable, trusted, and most professional entity in the game, don't spout off elitist nonsense that proves that you look down on us as we've been suggesting.
But this moment shows you exactly why people are venturing out to hear from the new media, but what's stunning is what the new media is.
It's us.
I don't just mean me and the team at RedState, I mean you, me, your friends, and family. It's the regular guy making videos in his kitchen or living room or garage, or the citizen reporter talking about things happening in town. It's the concerned mom recording at a school board meeting, and the commentator posting his honest opinion on something online.
The people are the media now, and these are the people that elitists like Jarvis are calling "freaks."
Earlier on Wednesday, I posted about how YouTube has become the number one go-to platform for everything media, and what does YouTube primarily consist of? Normal people like you and me. A kid with basic editing software can create something that takes the Western hemisphere by storm, so much so that it has a far larger cultural impact than something a studio dropped several million dollars to make.
A man with a webcam can discuss a news event from a perspective that the legacy media isn't willing to and inform people far more than CNN, ABC, or MSNBC ever could.
The legacy media's goal was to propagandize for the left. It actively created division between people for its own benefit, and the benefit of the Democrat Party. A lot of what you see regarding social justice, misinformation, and modern prejudices is because the media worked long and hard to create that atmosphere. However, normal people like you and me are deconstructing it at a rate that the legacy media can't keep up with.
It's all falling apart for them, and I think that's fantastic. A world where real creativity and truth can shine is happening even as I write this, and it's all thanks to the fact that we've created technologies that allow for us to step up and correct the record.
I think we're now living in the age of the peer-driven media, and our nation is much better for it.
