The major television networks are standing with CNN by declining to replace its White House pool crew after the Trump administration barred the network from fulfilling its assigned duties on Monday.
Either way, the actual goal of censoring news from the White House is achieved… and in the case of this solidarity, the effect is even greater. Or am I misunderstanding something here?
/edit: Okay I actually misunderstood something: Its not about media coverage in total but about giving Trump a platform. This makes much more sense.
Does it change anything? They will still get the video feed and can react to it. It’s just their reporters not being there at the moment to ask questions. Trump will still spout nonsense continuously.
Trump’s first live event on Monday with no TV press pool — a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his new helipad — was livestreamed to the White House website. However, Trump’s remarks were indiscernible throughout the video; the helicopter’s loud noise completely drowned out his voice.
Either way, the actual goal of censoring news from the White House is achieved… and in the case of this solidarity, the effect is even greater. Or am I misunderstanding something here?
/edit: Okay I actually misunderstood something: Its not about media coverage in total but about giving Trump a platform. This makes much more sense.
They’ll still be reporting about the white house, they just won’t be propping up trump’s soapbox quite so much
They just won’t be asking Trump questions directly. Nothing else changes.
For what good it does
Does it change anything? They will still get the video feed and can react to it. It’s just their reporters not being there at the moment to ask questions. Trump will still spout nonsense continuously.
The networks also provide the audio tech:
LOL I love that.