FAKE NARRATIVE: @OANN Chief WH Correspondent Chanel Rion was "kicked out of briefing room" by @WHCA (a private club), for not following Social Distancing Protocols.

TRUTH: Rion was invited to stand in briefing room by WH @PressSec - location chosen maximized Social Distancing.

FACT: March 16, 2020 - Upon new Coronavirus Precautionary Guidelines, the Private Club WHCA announced every other seat in the briefing room was to be vacated to maintain social distancing between reporters. @OANN was to share with one other network.

FACT: March 19, 2020, @OANN's Chanel Rion asked @realDonaldTrump the following question in the Press Briefing room challenging the media's consistent broadcasting of propaganda narratives from foreign state actors:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4866066/user-clip-chanel-rion-accuses-media-siding-chinese-communist-party-propaganda

Upon returning to my desk I found the following note anonymously placed: https://twitter.com/ChanelRion/status/1240707605514903555?s=20

To which I responded: https://twitter.com/ChanelRion/status/1240753354395070464?s=20

FACT: Two days later, March 21, 2020, @OANN’s @JennPellegrino drew into question an article by The Washington Post, challenging the Post's narrative: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4866068/user-clip-jenn-pellegrino-oan-challenges-wapo

FACT: The next day, Sunday, March 22, 2020, the WHCA's (private club) board members assembled for emergency vote. The private club mandated @OANN's seat now accommodate FIVE networks.

Meanwhile all other seats remained untouched. Illustrated below:

The Private Club (WHCA) "voted" in retaliation for @OANN's questions challenging their media members' narratives.

FACT: April 2, 2020, the White House invited Chanel Rion to stand in the briefing room in defiance of Private Club WHCA's retaliatory actions.

@OANN attended the White House Briefing, standing in the back, socially distanced, at the invitation of the White House.

CONCLUSION:
The WHCA (a private club), isolated @OANN because we asked questions they did not like.

Unlike other WHCA members OAN airs ALL WH Taskforce Briefings in full without commercial breaks and will continue to do so during this National Emergency.

FACT:
March 30, 2020, @OANN's Chanel Rion was invited to STAND in the White House Briefing Room as a guest of WH's @PressSec Grisham.

April 1, 2020, Chanel Rion was invited again by WH to stand as a guest in the WH Briefing Room.

Both instances Rion stood, socially distanced.