Posted on 05/27/2018 5:50:29 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
A once a week session statting at 4pm of Fridays sounds more than adequate.
Kick the Press out of the WH except for that weekly happy hour.
A once a week session statting at 4pm on Fridays sounds more than adequate.
Kick the Press out of the WH except for that weekly happy hour.
Pres. Trump is not obligated to have press briefings. He should have as many as President George Washington did. The world would be much better off not seeing ugly Americans such as Jim Acosta and April Ryan.
The once a week session should be in the sewer tunnels underground.
Then the WH press corps would feel right at home!
“Kick the Press out of the WH except for that weekly happy hour.”
Definitely. Evict them from the room(s) they loiter in all day long.
Trump should consider Skype or Go To Meeting applications for press briefings.
(Was Hope Hicks ever replaced? Don’t recall hearing.)
The WHPC seem to be staff plumbers searching the WH all day for leaks.
I think they are allowed to wander the halls seeking to trip up those who have real work to do.
Of course when Hussein was there it was convenient to have so many propagandists about to get the spin out quickly.
The WH should set up its own studio and news team. It would be for the President and all members of his administration to make announcements, answer questions submitted by citizens, and show news clips of what is going on with our Government. Stream it on the net.
I agree; the Fake News is so entitled they act as if this is a service due to them. It’s not. And they are incapable of behaving respectfully toward Sarah Sanders.
Of course, the first fake part of this story is the headline – these aren’t “migrant” children, they’re illegal immigrants who crossed our border in violation of our nation’s laws.
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They are illegal aliens, not immigrants. Even the good guys are brainwashed.
There are any number of alternative means of getting information to the public that don’t involve placing Sarah Sanders and other White House personnel in harm’s way. These include:
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That’s the way it used to be, questions were submitted in writing. At the very least, they need to stop putting the camera on the crooked reporters, an idea suggested by Ari Fleischer.
Yes. Stop giving the enemy ammunition.
Hold the briefings. Eject — or better yet — refuse to call on anyone who has been disrespectful in the past.
The media’s obsession with attacking the president renders the press conferences unwatchable.
I’ll do you a few better:
1. Stop the briefings.
2. Eliminate White House Press Corps credentials.
3. Completely refurbish the briefing room and turn it into office space and TV Studio.
4. Use the TV Studio to: a. produce weekly video updates by the president, and b. produce event driven updates as needed, all produced in the White House by Administration personnel.
5. Establish a world class, cutting edge integrated cross-platform broadcast system and run it out of the White House
In this era of immediate digital communication, there is no reason whatsoever that we need to run everything the president has to say through the Washington corrupt media.
..the little preacher’s daughter has been a real star in these briefings, exposing their hypocracy and bias...
This is not a “stage” for the President’s thoughts, it is a stage for the media. The President uses Twitter, the briefing is no longer necessary.
Don’t forget, the forum is built ... it is C-Span.
I’d be willing to bet that they aren’t “children” either, but 23 year old gangbangers posing as “children”.
Basically the White House briefing as it is currently held is our answer to “Prime Minister Question Time” in Parliament. So its primarily an ego driven “political gotcha session” form of entertainment. It is not a means of getting answers on government policy questions. That could be far better served by the WH press corps submitting questions the WH press official sending answers back. The WH press office could also post those Qs & As on the WH web site, where anyone could download them.
Remember all TV news is a form of entertainment done by people who can’t sing, can’t dance, can’t do comedy but have just enough dramatic acting ability to look and sound “oh-so-serious-and-knowledgeable”. If their ratings go down so do they - think Megyn “whats-her-name”!
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