Media Freaks Out After Donald Trump Proposes Radical Change to Press Briefings

It’s morning, which means Donald Trump is up and at ’em with some tweets that are freaking people out right now. Today’s topic? Getting rid of the White House press briefing.

As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017

…Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future “press briefings” and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017

Here’s one reporter’s reaction:

Trump basically admitting he set up staff to say things that weren’t true. https://t.co/0dOgtgAPKs

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) May 12, 2017

Is the White House Press Briefing even really newsworthy, or is it just a chance for two political ideologies to cheer/boo at the answers the White House gives? Hard to think otherwise. Trump is not happy with how this week’s coverage went down, and he wants to control his own narrative.

This will not, however, be some grand attack on freedom of the press or of free speech, though. Sure, people are freaking out right now and saying it’s The Worst Thing Ever, but… it’s not? The slow descent into autocracy isn’t sped up with getting rid of the clown show that press briefings have become in the last few years.

Trump is simply the wrong guy to do away with the spectacle. Assuming, that is, that he’s being serious here. This could just be another thing he’s saying just to vent because that’s what he does on Twitter.

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