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===Application for congressional press credentials (2002)===
Seeking credentials to cover the [[United States Congress]] in 2002, WND was opposed by the [[press gallery|Standing Committee of Correspondents]]. This panel of journalists is charged by Congress with administering press credentials. Until 1996, Internet-only publications had been deemed unacceptable.<ref>{{citation |first=Michael T |last=Heaney |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mheaney/Press_Galleries.pdf |title=Blogging Congress: Technological Change and the Politics of the Congressional Press Galleries |journal=PS: Political Science & Politics |year=2008 |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=422–426 |issn=1049-0965 |doi=10.1017/S1049096508290670 |s2cid=154642023 |access-date=July 7, 2010 |archive-date=February 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202121315/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mheaney/Press_Galleries.pdf |url-status=dead}}.</ref> ''WND'' turned to the [[United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration]] for help, arguing that the panel's decision had violated the site's constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, and freedom of the press. Faced "with legal threats and negative publicity, the panel reversed itself, voting 3–2 to award ''WND'' its credentials".<ref>{{citation |first=Jesse |last=Walker |author-link=Jesse Walker |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_6_34/ai_93090045/ |title=Galley gatekeepers: the politics of press credentials – Citings |newspaper=Reason |date=November 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713163707/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_6_34/ai_93090045/ |archive-date=July 13, 2012}}.</ref> Shortly after, the rules were formally adjusted to clarify the participation of online publications.<ref>{{citation |first=Mark |last=Thompson |url=http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1075604186.php |title=New Media Often Takes Back Seat to Old Media on Press Credentials |newspaper=Online Journalism Review |date=April 22, 2004 |access-date=May 16, 2010 |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102163943/http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1075604186.php |url-status=live }}.</ref>