Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich comes out against the move by the White House to oust the White House Correspondents Association from the briefing room.

Here’s what she wrote:

This move does not give the power back to the people – it gives power to the White House. The WHCA is democratically elected by the full-time White House press corps.

WHCA has determined pools for decades because only representatives FROM our outlets can determine resources all those outlets have – such as staffing – in order to get the President’s message out to the largest possible audience, no matter the day or hour.

Moreover – in every administration, WHCA has advocated to expand access to news events, beyond just the pool. Making an event ‘open press’ or ‘pool only’ is up to the White House. Oftentimes, administrations limit access to ‘pool only’ because of security or space constraints. WHCA’s job in that scenario is to ensure that the pool includes representation from each constituency (radio, tv, wires, print, stills, new media) to get the news out to the fullest possible extent. Our job is to advocate for the MOST access possible.

Heinrich really does have a point. This really does give the White House the power to decide who gets in the briefing room. I get why they say they are returning power to the people, because that’s who elected the current administration. But I think if Obama or Biden did this, we wouldn’t trust this move at all.