Dan GillmorJan 29, 2025

The White House press corps' eagerness to participate in the "briefing room" charade is testament to what political journalism has become -- infotainment in the guise of news.

Any news organization with even a tiny sense of duty or honor would send its reporters elsewhere.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/media/karoline-leavitt-first-press-conference/index.html

A White House press briefing for an audience of one — with one storyline

Karoline Leavitt’s first White House press briefing reaffirmed a truism about the Trump White House: His aides perform for an “audience of one.”

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@dangillmor What's a real hall of mirrors for me is the weary tone coming from the CNN article. They normalized all his antics the past 10 years, and NOW they're tired of it suddenly?
Jan 30, 2025 at 12:12amWeb