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White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Re: White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Post by clamprecht »

For anyone who has actually watched these press briefings in their entirety: Does anyone else think these are pretty much the worst way to get to the bottom of issues? Here's how it seems to work:

* The press secretary (or President, or whoever) makes a statement

* He or she chooses a journalist to ask a question

* Journalist asks question

* Press secretary answers question in as much or as little detail as he/she wants

* Press secretary calls another journalist

* This goes on for maybe 20-30 minutes, and it's over.

How does this even help at all? It's not like the press secretary is going to answer a question that he/she doesn't want to answer anyway.

Re: White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Post by cmdrfred »

clamprecht wrote: post #11

For anyone who has actually watched these press briefings in their entirety: Does anyone else think these are pretty much the worst way to get to the bottom of issues? Here's how it seems to work: * The press secretary (or President, or whoever) makes a statement * He or she chooses a journalist to ask a question * Journalist asks question * Press secretary answers question in as much or as little detail as he/she wa…

I agree. I'd like to see more and more frequent policy debates between the parties even when the election might be years away.

Re: White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Post by denzil_correa »

clamprecht wrote: post #11

For anyone who has actually watched these press briefings in their entirety: Does anyone else think these are pretty much the worst way to get to the bottom of issues? Here's how it seems to work: * The press secretary (or President, or whoever) makes a statement * He or she chooses a journalist to ask a question * Journalist asks question * Press secretary answers question in as much or as little detail as he/she wa…

Thanks for bringing this up! I would rather expect an anonymous set of questions go up on into a ballot and picked up randomly for the Press Secretary to answer. A follow-up could be decided extempore based on who asked the question.

Re: White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Post by the_watcher »

clamprecht wrote: post #11

For anyone who has actually watched these press briefings in their entirety: Does anyone else think these are pretty much the worst way to get to the bottom of issues? Here's how it seems to work: * The press secretary (or President, or whoever) makes a statement * He or she chooses a journalist to ask a question * Journalist asks question * Press secretary answers question in as much or as little detail as he/she wa…

You're right, the press briefings are absolutely useless. That said, the message sent by this is not a good one.

Re: White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Post by andriesm »

Good for Trump. CNN and friends not only have no credibility left, they've treated him with such disrespect and disdain that I'm not surprised he ain't doing them any favors. Trump will probably leverage social media and YouTube a lot, and the media can continue to re-spin stories downstream like before. Just far fewer people will take them seriously.

Re: White House Bars NYT, CNN, and Politico from Briefing

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Post by oxide »

the_watcher wrote: post #17
clamprecht wrote: post #11

For anyone who has actually watched these press briefings in their entirety: Does anyone else think these are pretty much the worst way to get to the bottom of issues? Here's how it seems to work: * The press secretary (or President, or whoever) makes a statement * He or she chooses a journalist to ask a question * Journalist asks question * Press secretary answers question in as much or as little detail as he/she wa…

You're right, the press briefings are absolutely useless. That said, the message sent by this is not a good one.

No, it isn't a good message at all.

In fact, I'd say it's downright ominous.

FCC is in the middle of legalizing regional monopolies, DEA is busy banning Kratom in the middle of the worst opiate crisis in decades, and the White House is barring media outlets from press briefings.

it doesn't even sound like I'm talking about America, right? something is very, very wrong.

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