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Cameras banned, CNN sends sketch artist to White House briefing (Original Post) HipChick Jun 2017 OP
And if it's not on tv, fewer people hear and see what you're saying. Arkansas Granny Jun 2017 #1
They should refrain from sending photographers to Trump's appearances Tanuki Jun 2017 #2
+1 dalton99a Jun 2017 #10
That was awesome Catmusicfan Jun 2017 #3
How can they just ban cameras? How is this deemed okay by the media? WoonTars Jun 2017 #4
Somebody needs to point out to the Buffoon that he is just creating more leaks patricia92243 Jun 2017 #5
On the good side...more artists get work BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #6
CNN (and others) could get extra creative. mwooldri Jun 2017 #11
That's not a "problem", that is a benefit... BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #16
Make them pay for their secrecy MiddleClass Jun 2017 #23
Re-enact it with dogs - it was done for the Supreme Court! csziggy Jun 2017 #29
I still want a puppet show. forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #27
Huh. Spicy's lost some weight. furtheradu Jun 2017 #7
Yep. He looks fit and trim! Kaleva Jun 2017 #19
OK, that's brilliant!! KelleyKramer Jun 2017 #8
They should get Melissa McCarthy to do another sketch wearing a OnDoutside Jun 2017 #9
Or get her to reenact them, using actual transcripts. tanyev Jun 2017 #12
+1 This must happen. meadowlander Jun 2017 #15
Fantastic idea! Kaleva Jun 2017 #20
Turn the damned cameras on! C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #13
this is happening because onethatcares Jun 2017 #14
Better idea jmowreader Jun 2017 #17
They're Like An Addict In Need Of Some Heroin SoCalMusicLover Jun 2017 #24
Like a juicy Turbineguy Jun 2017 #18
Looks like Spicey has been working out at a gym. Kaleva Jun 2017 #21
& he looks..un-conflicted & Peace-full furtheradu Jun 2017 #22
The artist will have a chance to continue his/her work at the upcoming trials Gothmog Jun 2017 #25
They should all refuse to attend. Period. DefenseLawyer Jun 2017 #26
Much ado about nothing RestoreAmerica2020 Jun 2017 #28
May not be the last time Trump administration officials are depicted by courtroom sketch artists. Gothmog Jun 2017 #30

Tanuki

(14,922 posts)
2. They should refrain from sending photographers to Trump's appearances
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:18 PM
Jun 2017

and give him the same treatment. They could send Mike Luckovich to do the drawings.....

WoonTars

(694 posts)
4. How can they just ban cameras? How is this deemed okay by the media?
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:19 PM
Jun 2017

Where's the uproar for crying out loud? This isn't a dictatorship....yet....

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
11. CNN (and others) could get extra creative.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:44 PM
Jun 2017

Send people who are very skilled in shorthand to transcribe every word, every utterance.

Then actors can recreate the White House Press Briefing. Whether it's a bunch of voice actors over sketch drawings or cartoons, or whether Melissa McCarthy from SNL does a straight version of Sean Spicer ... doesn't matter.

If the WH wants "fake news" they can have it. Problem is, it'll be their words.

BigmanPigman

(51,635 posts)
16. That's not a "problem", that is a benefit...
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:13 PM
Jun 2017

THEIR own word's. Then they have to spin it again and again (which they are masters at).

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
29. Re-enact it with dogs - it was done for the Supreme Court!
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 08:28 PM
Jun 2017




As the first clip says, the video is available on YouTube to create your own Supreme Court. Why not WH press conferences!

The footage can be found here:

OnDoutside

(19,974 posts)
9. They should get Melissa McCarthy to do another sketch wearing a
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 07:33 PM
Jun 2017

Dog muzzle, claiming Trump has muzzled him !

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)
13. Turn the damned cameras on!
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:04 PM
Jun 2017

And if the White House wants to force censorship... them film the assholes trying to shut down the media.

onethatcares

(16,188 posts)
14. this is happening because
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:05 PM
Jun 2017

America is asleep or watching teevee, playing internet games, viewing porn or cartoons, and acting like politics are so boring.

The end of this great experiment is nigh, and we may be in the starring roles

Good luck.

jmowreader

(50,566 posts)
17. Better idea
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:58 PM
Jun 2017

Just quit covering this White House. Go to animal shelters and film the kittens, and play that instead of Trump's whining. "Sorry Mr. Trump, but if we can't send cameras we're not sending reporters either."

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
24. They're Like An Addict In Need Of Some Heroin
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:27 PM
Jun 2017

The media needs to have their fix. They practically bow down before these Assholes. PLEASE, OH PLEASE, Let us cover you. If you want to ban cameras, no problem. We just need something, a quote, a wink, just something, to get our fix.

Your idea would be great, but counting on the media to suddenly develop cojones is a bit much. They're like little doggies, begging for the last scrap. Useless.

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,439 posts)
28. Much ado about nothing
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 08:18 PM
Jun 2017

And, I say, who the hell cares! So, we get a professional pastel drawing of Spicer, for what purpose? That's batshit loco. No audio, again who the hell cares! As if, we'd get something of interest, such as the verdad, the truth, something substantative from this know-nothing guy spewing nothingness while the know-nothing liar and bigot in chief is relaying nothingness into his [Spicer] ear piece. Frankly, I'd rather report an inanimate object like say, a rock, bring the artist along as well to draw, well -- a rock.

As for the press and MSM, have some dignity. Basta! Enough already! The press should up and leave, quit; not put up with this locura, craziness any longer. It's abusive and down right shameful. So, in the case , that they're not going to quit anytime soon, then return to press room write required bullshit of nothingness leed or caption can read and be relayed as "day 146, nothing today from the know nothings" full stop, back to studio. And, you just know that el mal hombre, the bad man, on the other side of the wall is watching all the frenzy his little hands created, and enyoing every succulent minute of it.

In the mean time, the well-intentioned press people are going nuts before our eyes, wait -- correction right in front of the artist's eyes. The artist's interpretation could be: triumpf in media room, lounging lazily with 10 or so monitors on the wall, of course all tuned to his favorite programming such as Sponge Bob, of course; Fox looping feed of illegals aliens being rounded up, children clinging to their mothers, crying unceasingly as their mothers and fathers are handcuffed, hauled off to a land unfamiliar to them since they are dreamers; MSM's glaring and shocking images of brown and black boys/men dead, shot dead somewhere in the USA, as well as, depicting Muslims refugees being deported or killed by white republican Christian terrorist(s) and of course some podcast/cable show with Limbaugh and Colter spewing hate about everyone and everything non white and hypenated so called Americans -- you know, your daily dose of kkkreporting. (My apologies to DU, just being facetious, yet I dont believe I'm too far off from what eljefe, or so called boss absorbs daily and really for all of his self-serving racist life. Then there's the daily briefing, the chocolate treat of his day, as he's lounging lazily watching the monitor Spicer doing the usual, as he was ordered to, spins nonthingness into crap, he scans the press room for the familiar reporters all with their exasperated expressions oh hes elated, thinks 'he's bigly smart controlling all the poor peons, and the worId really, or so he thinks, all the while he' s sipping some spicy hate brew. Oh well, just another much ado about nothing, know-nothing day!

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