I'm so old

[SHRED]

I remember WH daily press briefings.

Yeah I'm old.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Considering what a tissue of lies was spun at each press conference

that was presided over by the loathsome Scott Spicer and the even more loathsome Sarah Sanders, I don't think we're missing much.

[GReedDiamond]

4. Sean Spicer...not that it matters, I'd just as soon forget about him...nt

[benld74]

2. I'm so old

I KNEW Nixon was crooked when I saw him on Laugh-In.
And I was in grade school

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Really? How? Or are you just kidding?

[dchill]

18. "Sock it to ME."

I remember, too. I was a junior in high school!

[benld74]

25. Really

[underpants]

3. But don't you enjoy the old nut ball in the backyard screaming into the abyss

I really think the helicopter is his aides idea some he can vent in public and it takes some of the heat off of them.

[Hugin]

20. I think they came up with the Helicopter Ploy after watching some old Reagan clips.

He would do the same thing now and then to seem like a man of action, off to do the nation's business.

But, everyone knows The Candy Corn Skidmark is headed for his golf course or KFC.

Like everything King Scat Midas touches it went to craps. He has overdone it.

I keep expecting him to appoint the helicopter as his new press secretary.

[democratisphere]

5. Wasn't that when Julius Caesar was President?

You are old!

[SHRED]

6. LOL

[Skittles]

7. we used to learn so much from them

now it's like, no one can keep up with Trump's lies and incompetence

[napi21]

8. I don't miss them. Most of what was said were lies! Now we get to see the lies coming

from the "horses" mouth

[world wide wally]

9. But getting old is better than the alternative.

[Harker]

10. Getting younger?

No thanks.

[world wide wally]

22. I don't think getting younger is an actual alternative.

You can only get old or not.

[SCVDem]

11. I miss CJ ! nt

[spanone]

12. I'm so old, I remember when the president didn't lie.

[onecaliberal]

24. THAT. n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Exactly as planned. Dismantle the press. Instead, stand

In front of a noisy copter/generator. Act like you are being whisked away to an important meeting ( i.e. golf). Place the mics strategically so public can't hear question. Then bullshit on whatever the hell you want.

Exactly what he wants.. zero worry about speaking crazy talk. He has neutered the media.

And the saddest part of all...the press doesn't even report about it. That trump has emptied the WH press corps!

[LuckyLib]

15. Exactly this. A little pony show to make him look pResidential. A complete sham.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. At first I thought it was the helicopter rotors (or whatever

they call those things)...then I saw him actually get on the copter and they weren't moving! Thought I was on to breaking news LOL...but someone corrected me.. said it's an auxiliary generator to keep the power on.

Nevertheless, why is that the ONLY time he can speak? If the press doesn't have the balls to not show up they should at least all move to the quiet side of the WH and stand there and see if he comes

[SHRED]

16. Spot on

[lunatica]

17. Staging is everything!

[Grasswire2]

19. Time for the peer organization WHCA to take back credentialing authority from the press office.

White House Correspondent's Association was originally the authority that guaranteed access. It ceded that authority some decades ago...............HUGE MISTAKE.

WH reporters have no protections, unlike reporters covering Congress who have their access guaranteed by the standing rules of the Gallery.

This WH has attacked the 1st Amendment right of the American people to question their president, by credentialing stooges and shills and even giving White Nationalist sympathizers entry -- in order to dilute the power of the press.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. That is an excellent point. An aspect of this that PROVES

It is all premeditated. A seasoned and established reporter would be on the air immediately after saying "I asked X, and he answered Y.". He wants the question silenced so he can riff about whatever.

With his hourly ball up in the air, the real story is hidden. And we let him get away with it.

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/white-house-press-passes.php

IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE an unprecedented move, the White House revoked the press passes of a significant chunk of the Washington press corps because they didn’t meet a new standard, according to Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank. Under the new rules, rolled out earlier this year, in order to qualify for the highest level of access—known as a “hard pass”—journalists had to be present in the White House for at least 90 days out of a 180-day period. According to Milbank, virtually the entire press corps failed to meet this new test, including all six of the Post’s White House correspondents.

[Grasswire2]

30. thank you for that link

I run a FB page in support of First Amendment - Press Corps issues. I appreciate this CJR piece.

[SHRED]

29. It's serious

People need to wake up.

[Faux pas]

26. We get enough

babbling bullshit directly from the hump, why involve others?

[SHRED]

27. See reply 19

It's far more serious.

[Faux pas]

28. Thanks for

bringing it to my attention. Scary times now and ahead.