White House reporters fume over off-camera briefings

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The White House press corps vented frustration Monday with press secretary Sean Spicer for conducting off-camera briefings in place of the usual publicly broadcast briefings.

Spicer conducted an off-camera briefing with reporters on Monday in which the press was told it could not film or broadcast audio of the proceedings. Spicer conducted the last on-camera briefing last Monday.

“The White House press secretary is getting to a point where he’s just kind of useless,” CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta said after the briefing. “If they’re getting to this point where he’s not going to answer questions or go on camera or have audio, why are we even having these briefings or gaggles in the first place?”

The White House press corps vented frustration Monday with press secretary Sean Spicer for conducting off-camera briefings in place of the usual publicly broadcast briefings. Spicer conducted an off-camera briefing with reporters on Monday in which the press was told it could not film or broadcast audio of the proceedings. Spicer conducted the last on-camera briefing last Monday.
“The White House press secretary is getting to a point where he’s just kind of useless,” CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta said after the briefing. “If they’re getting to this point where he’s not going to answer questions or go on camera or have audio, why are we even having these briefings or gaggles in the first place?”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/338457-white-house-reporters-fume-over-off-camera-briefings

[SummerSnow]

1. All dictators hate free speech and the press.

[Blue_true]

3. Yep. Haven't seen one yet that likes the Press or opposing views. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "why are we even having these briefings"

That's the end game. Phase out these "briefings", they will directly feed their lies to Faux and Breitbart, and the rest of the media will have to cite them. Everything else "official" will be "declared" via bullshit tweets. Meanwhile the regular correspondents will have to rely on "leaks" to get the unskewed info, which will then be immediately declared "fake news".

[Blue_true]

4. If they try that, it's leak city. Information WILL get out.

I still have faith that a lot of republicans will care about the country if push comes to shove.

[TeamPooka]

5. Note to White House Press Sec You actually want your statements on audio and video or else reporters

can just make up what you said and you can't prove them wrong.
That's why it's done in the first place.

[Squinch]

6. The idiot press. THEY are in the position of power. If they do not like how they are

treated, they need to simply stop going.

The White House press briefings have never been sources of new information. They have always been sources of White House spin on ongoing information.

Take away their forum to spin things they way they want to. No skin off any of our noses. As soon as they do that, they will be begged to come back and all restrictions will be removed.

Idiots.

[Boomerproud]

7. I'm sure they are doing this to wink at their base.

The RW trumpets love this. Ha Ha Ha...THAT will show them commie librul baby killers.

[mucifer]

8. that won't motivate them to investigate more, will it ?