Trump kills White House press briefing, 50 years after it was born
by Rob Crilly
| September 04, 2019 12:00 AM
The White House briefing room has many functions: a storage space for tripods and camera gear, a backdrop for visitor photos, a temporary workspace for journalists without a desk.
What it is not, at least since March 11, is a venue for President Trump’s press secretary to brief reporters on administration policies.
Next week will mark six months since the last White House “daily†briefing, another erosion of transparency and democracy under Trump or a sad indictment of the “fake news†media’s incivility, depending on your view.
"The reason Sarah Sanders does not go to the 'podium' much anymore is that the press covers her so rudely & inaccurately, in particular certain members of the press,†is how Trump defended the scarcity of briefings earlier this year. “I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway!"
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