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Good Advice: The WSJ is Right That Trump Needs to Clean Up These Coronavirus Briefings
Townhall ^ | 10 April 2020 | Guy Benson

Posted on 04/10/2020 11:40:27 AM PDT by Magnatron

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The Wall Street Journal might have a point here. I've stopped watching most of these because of the lengthy nature of them, and I really do get tired of the gotcha press questions.

Trump might take some friendly advise here...

1 posted on 04/10/2020 11:40:27 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Yeah...I kinda sorta agree. But enjoy El Trumpo giving them hekk


2 posted on 04/10/2020 11:42:13 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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I’m sure he will adjust on the other hand he can do what he wants and they can cover what they want


3 posted on 04/10/2020 11:42:54 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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This is the Trump tweet that Hume refers to:

The Wall Street Journal always “forgets” to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are “through the roof” (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!

This was not one of my favorite Trump tweets. This really isn't about ratings.

4 posted on 04/10/2020 11:43:39 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Yep.

KISS it. Three main points, take three questions and end it with three firings.


5 posted on 04/10/2020 11:43:58 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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Go pound sand


6 posted on 04/10/2020 11:44:19 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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I watch and listen to every one; but I turn off when Trump leaves

BTW, I’m ready to open businesses...maybe not the hot spots, but elsewhere....Trump knows how to motivate people to follow his advice. People respect him.


7 posted on 04/10/2020 11:44:24 AM PDT by ncpatriot
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“Friendly advice” from who, Never Trumper RINO Guy Benson?


8 posted on 04/10/2020 11:45:06 AM PDT by nhwingut (Tagline for lease...)
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Disagree...Trump was, is and will always be different...one of the many things they can’t stand about him. He wants to communicate directly with the people, in his own way...and maybe tangle a time or two with the corrupt media. I always get a kick out of the way he handles the pressers because it is almost the antithesis of the way things “are supposed to be” within the DC bubble...keep it up POTUS.


9 posted on 04/10/2020 11:45:27 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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I like Trump, not so much Guy.


10 posted on 04/10/2020 11:45:47 AM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus aka CCP virus.)
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I couldn’t agree more. They are WAY too long, too full of mutual admiration, too low on new content.

They should adopt a twice or thrice weekly BRIEFing with key points delivered succinctly. Include a written Executive Summary of the key points, too, so we wouldn’t have to wade through 90 minutes of audio visual crap. Select no more than two or three “reporters” by lottery to ask a question that day with no follow-up or pestering allowed. Give succinct answers, then exit stage left at 30 minutes. I’m sure Trump ran his boardroom meetings like that. The top execs I’ve worked for had little tolerance for unfocused, meandering presentations. A few of those and you were done for.

Trump is using these to replace his big rallies and it isn’t working. He’s getting too much exposure and it is not looking good.


11 posted on 04/10/2020 11:46:13 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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The press plays right along and is too relentlessly hostile and antagonistic,

The press doesn't play along, they start the rancor. According to the WSJ, the press is not the problem?

I doubt that Pence should lead these since Pence probably isn't up to pushing back when the press corps comes up with their ugly, slanted questions.

12 posted on 04/10/2020 11:48:53 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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It IS about ratings. These press briefings aren’t really intended to be informative. They were really aimed at getting President Trump free press exposure as the nation’s #1 cheerleader at a time when he can’t hold rallies. That’s why he spends so much time belittling the dopes in the media.

His critics here raise legitimate points, but I think they’re focusing too much on the informative side of this.

13 posted on 04/10/2020 11:49:31 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.")
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He mentioned ratings because the WSJ narrative was that they are no longer watchable. Context!


14 posted on 04/10/2020 11:49:37 AM PDT by nhwingut (Tagline for lease...)
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“This was not one of my favorite Trump tweets. This really isn’t about ratings. “

well, ratings means MANY millions are watching, which means WSJ is full of shit with their call to “clean up” these briefings ...


15 posted on 04/10/2020 11:50:01 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: rrrod

I want him to move these to outside vs. in that small cramped room.

Fresh air outside now. Change of scenery. Make it shorter. I haven’t watched them for 3 days now. Too long, the press is crazy, I can’t stomach Fauci anymore. Now going forward it will be illegal and crude and rude to shake hands cause he says so.

Ughhhhh....


16 posted on 04/10/2020 11:50:44 AM PDT by Engedi
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Trump should always take the advice of the global citizens of the WSJ /sarc


17 posted on 04/10/2020 11:50:45 AM PDT by Pelham (Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson all belong in prison.)
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WSJ -Never Trumper a-holes.


18 posted on 04/10/2020 11:51:40 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Magnatron

Agree. They need to be short, fast, hard-hitting, intolerant of press BS, factual, contextual and devoid of preening before the press by all. Also, he needs to lose Fauci, IMHO.


19 posted on 04/10/2020 11:52:22 AM PDT by pt17
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Trump shouldn’t pay any attention to the WSJ. Who cares what they think. Rag paper anyway.


20 posted on 04/10/2020 11:53:09 AM PDT by abbastanza
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