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.
So if I’m understanding right, the networks rotate who gets the coverage; today is CNNs turn in the rotation and in solidarity none of the other networks will fill in.
What I’m still not clear on, after reading the article, is if the rotation will continue as normal and coverage will only be missed on days a “banned” network is up, or if the other networks are also skipping coverage when their turn in the rotation is up.
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?
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.
So if I’m understanding right, the networks rotate who gets the coverage; today is CNNs turn in the rotation and in solidarity none of the other networks will fill in.
What I’m still not clear on, after reading the article, is if the rotation will continue as normal and coverage will only be missed on days a “banned” network is up, or if the other networks are also skipping coverage when their turn in the rotation is up.
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?
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.