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Journalists skipping Trump's daily press briefings, saying they don't have enough news value
Journalists are skipping Trump's daily coronavirus press briefings, saying they don't have enough news value
Tom Porter
23 hours ago
There have been rows of empty seats in recent coronavirus briefings by President Donald Trump.
Reporters increasingly don't believe the briefings have enough news value to merit breaking social-distancing measures to attend, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
TV networks have also cut away from the briefings, or chosen not to broadcast them altogether, as the president continues to use the sessions to spread misinformation and troll the press.
Reporters increasingly don't believe the briefings have enough news value to merit breaking social-distancing measures to attend, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
TV networks have also cut away from the briefings, or chosen not to broadcast them altogether, as the president continues to use the sessions to spread misinformation and troll the press.
Reporters are skipping President Donald Trump's daily coronavirus news briefings, and TV networks are increasingly choosing not to broadcast them live, because they believe they don't have enough news value to risk breaking social-distancing rules.
In recent days there have been scores of empty seats in the White House press-briefing room, where Trump has delivered updates on the US battle against the novel coronavirus alongside public-health officials.
But instead of delivering key information and sober assessments of the situation to the American public, Trump has frequently resorted to tactics more familiar from his raucous campaign rallies: boasting of his accomplishments, floating misinformation, attacking the press, and taunting Democrats — with Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York a favored target.
According to The Washington Post, reporters are now "keeping their distance because they are concerned about the health risks at a time when many consider the president's evening news conferences to have become increasingly less newsworthy."
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https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-coronavirus-briefings-reporters-broadcasters-skip-no-news-value-2020-4?fbclid=IwAR2r9_ijPpB-sF2PoGL7aa4WE0IdbVS5eUwYPMpWpQ-RNvWUrzC2rmuTQ2M
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