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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:37 PM Jan 2020

Jon Lemire: Trump "has sharply curtailed when he stops to talk to the press" before helicopter



Jonathan Lemire ✔ @JonLemire

The president has sharply curtailed when he stops to talk to the press before boarding Marine One
Jérôme Cartillier ✔@jcartillier

No “Chopper talk” before Iowa

1:29 PM - Jan 30, 2020


Just wait until after his acquittal.
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Jon Lemire: Trump "has sharply curtailed when he stops to talk to the press" before helicopter (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
I wonder if he still has the lungs to yell over the noise anymore. nt crickets Jan 2020 #1
Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 Jan 2020 #2
Someone once said he has a vocabulary of 300 words... Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #5
As if this is a bad thing! DeminPennswoods Jan 2020 #3
Now cut off his twitter account. spanone Jan 2020 #4
Yes. And the press should absolutely 100% demand Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #7
How's that strategy to preserve access working for you, media outlets? gratuitous Jan 2020 #6
+1, just said almost same thing, only you said it better :) Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #8
Perhaps the Democrats should have a temporary boycott of the national media? kentuck Jan 2020 #9
I wouldn't be sorry one bit... llmart Jan 2020 #10
Wadda chikkenshizz struggle4progress Jan 2020 #11
He is going downhill Ex Lurker Jan 2020 #12

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
5. Someone once said he has a vocabulary of 300 words...
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 09:44 AM
Jan 2020

...that was a generous assessment I'd revise down by 66%.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
3. As if this is a bad thing!
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 08:13 AM
Jan 2020

We won't be sujected to a stream of idiocy replayed on a loop by cable and network news.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
7. Yes. And the press should absolutely 100% demand
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 09:51 AM
Jan 2020

a proper news conference, in a room, where questions can be heard. If they show up and stand by a copter and noisy generator and allow him the opportunity to riff and obfuscate.....bad on them.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. How's that strategy to preserve access working for you, media outlets?
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 09:51 AM
Jan 2020

Maybe it's time to cut bait here, reporters and editors. Quit tagging around after the "official" news sources and press secretaries and cultivate contacts with other, unofficial sources. Anything short of a full-blown open-ended press conference isn't good enough. Shut these dissemblers out of the process.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
9. Perhaps the Democrats should have a temporary boycott of the national media?
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 09:57 AM
Jan 2020

When asked any question about Donald Trump or his policies, they should refer them to their "Republican colleagues"? Don't cover for the Republicans. Let them answer for themselves. Do not give them a binary explanation.

For example, if they ask about what someone has said about something Trump has done illegally, refer them to the Republican Party. They have all the answers.

llmart

(15,501 posts)
10. I wouldn't be sorry one bit...
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:11 AM
Jan 2020

if I never heard his voice again. I never watch these things anyway. Has he ever said anything of substance or importance to your lives in the past?

Nothing he says interests me.

Ex Lurker

(3,808 posts)
12. He is going downhill
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:47 AM
Jan 2020

I thought most of it was wishful thinking before now, but it's getting to be unmistakable.

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