The point is to make sure the president and his staff face questions; answer them. Seems to me Trump's WH does. His choice how. He's POTUS.
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I might not like it. But it's his presidency/term in office. That's the way the Constitution works. The press has no right to be on TV.
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Why not? Seriously. There are many different ways of being president. The press can't dictate that. Trump and his staff answer a lot of Qs.
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And almost every answer they give is a lie. What do you think the press and public can do to push back against that?
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Tell the truth. Good information beats bad information. That's the theory of our democracy. In time, it'll work as it always has.
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Lincoln, as usual, said it best: You can fool some people all the time, all the people some of the time. Can't fool all, all of the time.
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Why should the press insist on televised briefings as a matter of right? In an age of podcasts and social media and limitless text--why TV?
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Liked your point an audio mp3 + transcript would do much the same. However, off the record briefings area BS.
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meant "are BS" .Autocorrect gets me again.
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Right, like they haven't accepted it already for weeks. What are they gonna do, give Trump a hard glaring at? Get some balls or stop whining
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I don't mind. It keeps the TV reporters from preening for the camera, though it's hard to gauge impact when the briefing is not serious.
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The point of Q&A is to elicit a meaningful answer. Camera on or off, many tactics help: Reportorial, rhetorical, performative. Get an answer
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Honestly, I don't know why this White House does briefings at all. The news comes from generous leaks, and the briefings are useless.
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What an oxymoron ... there's no such thing as Reliable Sources from
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Sad that you and CNN insist on spending every hr of every day bashing Trump. There is other news occurring in the USA. stop the bias!
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