Earlier on FishbowlDC: "White House Correspondents Association Changes Pool Report Policy"

Nowadays, pool reports only go out to those news outlets which pony up the cash in order to accompany the president (with the exception of local events, which are distributed widely).

And, just to remind you how precious these pool reports are, there's now this little note in the beginning:

------Original Message------
From: White House Press Releases
To:
ReplyTo: White House Press Releases
Sent: Aug 20, 2008 6:45 PM
Subject: POOL REPORT #2, 8/20/2008

Note: This pool report has a limited distribution and is provided to you for archival and historical records purposes. We respectfully request that you do not forward this beyond the EOP. Thank you.