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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 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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