Donald Trump’s White Home press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, held her debut press convention with reporters on Tuesday. It was a breath of recent air following 4 years of binders, circling again, outrageous falsehoods, and basic incompetence.
Leavitt could not have wanted the binder, however she was well-prepared all the identical. As evidenced by an trade with an Related Press reporter who needed to know the way the media may very well be sure she wouldn’t deceive them. Which is a reasonably gutsy assertion coming from a member of the dying legacy media.
“A question that we’ve asked your predecessors of both parties in this job, when you’re up here in this briefing room, speaking to the American public, do you view yourself and your role as speaking on — advocating on behalf of the president or providing the unvarnished truth that is, not to lie, not to obfuscate to the American people,” the reporter queried.
“I commit to telling the truth from this podium every single day I commit to speaking on behalf of the president of the United States. That is my job,” Leavitt replied.
“And I will say it’s very easy to speak truth from this podium when you have a president who is implementing policies that are wildly popular with the American people.”
Karoline Leavitt Turns Query About Lies Again On Reporter
Issues received even higher when press secretary Karoline Leavitt flipped the query solely again on the room of reporters, which, by the way, was packed. Presumably, as a result of the media has to fake to be doing their jobs once more now that Trump is within the White Home.
Trip is over, youngsters.
Leavitt proceeds to elucidate that a part of giving the reality to the American folks is correcting the lies of the earlier administration.
“And that’s exactly what this administration is doing. It’s correcting the lies and the wrongs of the past four years — many of the lies that have been told to your faces in this very briefing room,” she mentioned. “I will not do that.”
Then got here the demise blow to legacy media.
“But since you brought up truth, I would like to point out while I vow to provide the truth from this podium, we ask that all of you in this room hold yourselves to that same standard,” Leavitt fired again.
“We know for a fact there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets in this country about this president, about his family. And we will not accept that,” she insisted. “We will call you out when we feel that your reporting is wrong or there is misinformation about this White House.”
“So, yes, I will hold myself to the truth and I expect everyone in this room to do the same.”
AP Reporter: How can we be assured you’re not gonna lie?
Press Secretary: Truly it’s the MSM such as you who’ve been mendacity for years
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Not The Solely Shot At The Press
Holding reporters accountable wasn’t the one unhealthy information for mainstream media to come back out of Karoline Leavitt’s first briefing. She additionally acknowledged how “new media” is leaving outdated media within the mud.
“We’re also opening up this briefing room to new media voices who produce news-related content and whose outlet is not already represented by one of the seats in this room,” she declared.
“Starting today, this seat in the front of the room, which is usually occupied by the press secretary’s staff, will be called the New Media Seat.”
Previous media is being phased out. Leavitt hinted at such actions earlier this month when she defined press credentials to the president’s Briefing Room could be handed out to podcasters and social media influencers.
“If this election proved anything, it proved that the American people are no longer listening to the mainstream bias, anti-Trump legacy media,” Leavitt defined.
