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erpowers

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Sun May 17, 2020, 12:53 PM May 2020

Are Reporters Pushing Back Enough During White House Press Briefings? [View all]

I read a CNN article about the PR effort that the Trump White House was trying to conduct in order to improve Donald Trump's ratings in connection to the Coronavirus issue. In that article it was mentioned that White House Press Secretary Kayliegh McEnany claimed that the Trump Administration focused on bio-terrorism in regard to the National Security warehouse because, as a result of President Obama's foreign policy a bio-terrorism attack was the biggest threat facing the country when Donald Trump took office. The CNN article did mention that McEnany made her claim without providing any proof for the claim. However, I wondered if the reporters in the briefing room had offered enough push back on the issue of a bio-terrorism attack. In general, are reporters pushing back against the talking points of the Trump Administration?

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No. NO. Definitely NO. LakeArenal May 2020 #1
no!! agingdem May 2020 #5
No onecaliberal May 2020 #2
Definitely NOT. NoMoreRepugs May 2020 #3
IMO Snackshack May 2020 #4
No. It's as if there were a bridge collapse and people were killed and some are still trapped. tanyev May 2020 #6
Question for you. safeinOhio May 2020 #7
No, but reporters generally try not to be the story. MineralMan May 2020 #8
I've asked a loved one at what point does reporting a person killing a lot of humans stop being ... uponit7771 May 2020 #11
That's not the point.. choie May 2020 #13
I think the OP is referring to rigorous follow-up questions LanternWaste May 2020 #14
HELL NO!!! blueinredohio May 2020 #9
fug naw, the avg DU poster can ask more informed questions uponit7771 May 2020 #10
F--k no!!!!!! Wellstone ruled May 2020 #12
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