White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that more reporters would have more access to President Donald Trump, who is already one of the most accessible world leaders in recent history.

Yet in the bizarro world of Washington, D.C., the elitist White House press corps reacted with scorn, calling the move a threat to the free press.

It’s not. But the legacy media’s once-might monopoly is crumbling like a house of cards—and there’s nothing they can do to salvage their role as gatekeepers of news and information.

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Instead, newly credentialed journalists like The Daily Signal’s Elizabeth Mitchell will now have a chance compete with the old guard for access to the president as part of the press pool shake-up. Rather than outsource the rotation to the unaccountable White House Correspondents Association, Trump’s press team will handle the assignments. …