New arbitrary protocols for WH briefing room use Covid as excuse to diminish tough reporters
January 8, 2022 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Earlier this week, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced they were reducing the seating in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room from 49 seats for the press corps to 14 ostensibly due to the Omicron variant surge and leftist panic over it.
White House Correspondents’ Association President and CBS News White House correspondent Steven Portnoy stated in an email on Sunday, “We remain in a COVID-19 wave that appears far from cresting. In fact, experts believe the current Omicron surge won’t dissipate in much of the country for another month or so. We have every reason to believe that case rates will continue to increase in the greater Washington area – and in our press corps – after holiday gatherings.”
“Given the virulence of the spread, medical experts have once again advised that it would be prudent to substantially reduce the number of people working in the cramped, poorly ventilated workspace that we share,” he continued.
“Acting on that advice, your board met in emergency session this evening and unanimously approved a motion to temporarily return the briefing room to 14 seats, as drawn on the attached diagrams,” Portnoy added.
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