MyPillow CEO's LindellTV Given White House and Pentagon Press Access — While Real Journalists Are Evicted
Mike Lindell's conspiracy-promoting LindellTV was given White House press room access and Pentagon press corps credentials — alongside Gateway Pundit and Epoch Times. Meanwhile, AP was banned, photographers were evicted, and the Pentagon closed its Correspondents' Corridor.
Mike Lindell — the MyPillow CEO who spent years promoting debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories, was sued by Dominion Voting Systems for defamation, and had his phones seized by the FBI — now has his own media outlet credentialed in the White House press room and the Pentagon press corps.
LindellTV was granted press access with reporters at the White House, Capitol Hill, and the Pentagon. One of its "reporters" used a White House press briefing to ask whether the president's staff would consider releasing his fitness plan. The outlet joined the Pentagon's newly formed press corps alongside the Gateway Pundit and The Epoch Times (known for promoting QAnon conspiracy theories).
The contrast with how real journalists have been treated:
- Associated Press — banned from the White House over "Gulf of Mexico" naming
- Pentagon photographers — banned for publishing "unflattering" photos of Hegseth
- Pentagon Correspondents' Corridor — closed entirely, all reporters evicted after a judge ruled press restrictions unconstitutional
- CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, Fox, NPR — surrendered Pentagon credentials rather than agree to not gather unauthorized information
- Estefany Rodríguez — Nashville journalist detained 16 days by ICE for covering immigration
- Don Lemon — arrested and charged at a church protest
- Hannah Natanson — Washington Post reporter's home raided by FBI
The strategy is transparent: replace independent journalism with loyalist media. Evict reporters who ask hard questions, credential outlets that ask about the president's fitness routine. The press room becomes a propaganda studio — and the MyPillow guy gets a front-row seat.