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CNN Sends Sketch Artist to White House Press Briefing

posted by martyb on Monday June 26 2017, @02:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the media-the-4th-estate dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-sketch-artist-white-house-briefing-sean-spicer-2017-6

In response to the White House's recent trend of prohibiting cameras at press briefings, CNN on Friday said it sent its in-house Supreme Court sketch artist, Bill Hennessy, to Sean Spicer's latest press briefing.

CNN said it "equated press briefings to a Supreme Court argument -- an on-the-record event at which cameras are banned." The network argued sketches of the briefing had news value in the same way courtroom sketches do.

News organizations and the White House Correspondents' Association have protested the Trump administration's decision to scale back on-camera press briefings to unprecedented levels.

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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday June 26 2017, @04:02AM (3 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday June 26 2017, @04:02AM (#531100)

    The White House press briefing has been a pointless exercise for a long long time, in which reporters ask questions to try to get famous while the poor schlub at the podium does everything they can to avoid saying anything at all. The media should ignore it entirely.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by captain normal on Monday June 26 2017, @04:59AM

    by captain normal (2205) on Monday June 26 2017, @04:59AM (#531131)

    But what would Saturday Night Live and Colbert do for material? Those two shows are providing the truest take on the current state of politics here in the US.

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  • (Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Tuesday June 27 2017, @03:56AM (1 child)

    by jimtheowl (5929) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @03:56AM (#531744)
    As entertaining as it was, I'm not sure it was quite pointless.
    Even when questions are not answered, a lot can be deduced about the administration by observing their avoidance techniques and level of embarrassment.

    Further, 157 days is not such a 'long long time', even if it feels like it.

    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday June 27 2017, @12:33PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @12:33PM (#531879)

      I'm not just referring to Trump's press briefings. Avoiding answering questions is the job of every press secretary I can remember.

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