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jaxind

(1,074 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:33 PM Feb 2017

At All Press Briefings...

What happened today needs to be done at ALL press briefings Every.Single.Time. When Spicer tried cutting off a man asking his question, Spicer then went to a woman and asked her to ask her question. The woman said, "That's ok...you can let him continue to ask his question." Every single reporter needs to do this EACH time Spicer tries to cut them off to go to someone else for a question!!!!

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Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
2. Or ask the exact same question.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:48 PM
Feb 2017

These guys need to stick together. They must all know by now that it should be number one to anything else they do. If they don't know this they are either terribly naive (someone should fill them in quickly) or incredibly self adoring to believe they are "the one" who will never be fucked over by the maggot.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
3. Today I wont call them M$M then, if they're working together then they get it. Despots only succeed
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:49 PM
Feb 2017

... if the massess are split

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
9. Check this out: An open letter to Trump from the US press corps
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:13 PM
Feb 2017

By the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review

He lays out the new rules for the press corps under Trump.

"We’re going to work together. You have tried to divide us and use reporters’ deep competitive streaks to cause family fights. Those days are ending. We now recognize that the challenge of covering you requires that we cooperate and help one another whenever possible. So, when you shout down or ignore a reporter at a press conference who has said something you don’t like, you’re going to face a unified front. We’ll work together on stories when it makes sense, and make sure the world hears when our colleagues write stories of importance. We will, of course, still have disagreements, and even important debates, about ethics or taste or fair comment. But those debates will be ours to begin and end."

More:
http://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/trump_white_house_press_corps.php

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
15. I was thinking that....it's a couple weeks old, but very good. I will do it tomorrow after all the
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 09:27 PM
Feb 2017

court ruling threads have calmed down a bit. I think I posted it before but can't remember for sure. It does seem the media is implementing some of it, though. They are calling lies by name now.

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
5. I just posted about this, too!
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:55 PM
Feb 2017

Sorry, I hadn't seen your OP.

The LOOK that Spicer gave that woman could have killed!!! LOL LOL LOL

Yes, this is exactly what the reporters need to do. It unnerves him and angers him, and they need to keep him unbalanced!



http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8621284

drray23

(7,633 posts)
6. spicer is not an intellectual heavyweight
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 05:00 PM
Feb 2017

He is not very good at thinking on his feet and deliver well crafted answers. If you compare him with past press secretaries, he is pathethic. Now, granted it is hard to defend a lunatic like Trump but still, he has no oratory skills, no spinning skills, etc.. He just flat out lies and get confused while doing so.

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
8. Are these pressers on C-Span to watch later? Although probably HuffPo and maybe even
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 06:10 PM
Feb 2017

MSM will pick up on this.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
17. excellent
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 11:26 PM
Feb 2017

reminds me of my mum, back in the 50's, when a store clerk tried to help her ahead of a black woman.....she said, "I can wait my turn."

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