The White House’s New Press Strategy Has Reporters Furious

The Daily Caller ^ | 06/23/2017 | Amber Randall

[kjam22]

I like .... Have a press conference on television. Take questions from Fox, Brietbart, Drudge, Newsmax, Townhall, RedState. Then end the meeting.

Next day... same thing.

Second verse... same as the first verse.

[Pride in the USA]

Yep, yoiu gotta love it!

[BruceS]

I think Trump has realized that the press is going to print what they want to print, regardless of whether there is a press briefing. In fact, they will print what they want to print, plus do a negative story about the press briefing.

So don't do the press briefing. The coverage stays the same.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Grow a set you wimpy elites...

[PJBankard]

If I were Trump, I’d have the press secretary walk to the podium with a secure device and Tweet the press briefing in 144 Character Segments.

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

The perfect press conference: President Trump walks to the podium, extends middle finger, turns and walks away.

His ratings would shoot through the roof.

[right way right]

Trump is the greatest media troll in history.

Nobody has ever been more deserving than the useful idiot presstitutes.

[servo1969]

[RightGeek]

Paging the Boo Hoo girl

[Kenny Bania]

I bathe in “Press” tears..

[HokieMom]

[freedom1st]

They weren’t press briefings. They were sparring matches between The Drive Bys and Sean Spicer with a bunch of gotcha questions. The Press has only themselves to blame. MAGA

[taildragger]

Dollars to donuts, POTUS and Bannon, are having a bowl of ice cream over this and laughing their asses off as they toy with the media like a cat with a mouse. They are so pwnd, lol!!@

[Keyhopper]

Do it again Donny

[SaxxonWoods]

This is so great. The more talk and camera time, the worse they can twist what is said and control the narrative.

Stick it where the sun don’t shine, media jackals.

[parakeets rock]

How much more can they do to Trump?

[Wuli]

Some I know on Facebook called the new White Press briefing process “fascist” and with that insisting (in ignorance) that (a) the press was unable to get a briefing, and (b) unable to ask questions, and (c) unable to report to their listeners concerning the questions asked and answers given.

All of course is untrue. In terms of getting a briefing, asking questions and reporting nothing was withheld.

For the “print” and “web only” media there was certainly no denial that they could cover the White House press briefing responsibly.

So what REALLY upset the “on camera” media? They were unable to turn the product of their cameras and microphones into material they could cut, chop, edit and amend to produce their profit making work product - propaganda. They had to rely on the same “sources” as all other media - their own reporters. Oh, boo, hoo, boo, hoo.

[odawg]

As an analyst (female) pointed out on Fox, having a White House press briefing is like being questioned by Hillary’s campaign staff.

[xone]

Like ‘Boo-hoo’ girl.

[Chode]