The author is not very smart
.... OR works for Obola-the-undocumented.
You're repeating yourself but I get your point.
Thing is the writer's an idiot for saying "...pleasing the media should be his number one priority..." and actually meaning it. Back on Planet Earth the goal is not pleasing the media. I just loved the way Reagan would skip Presidential press briefings and afterward he always had a loud helicopter handy as an excuse for not 'hearing' the questions.