{"id":42418,"date":"2020-04-25T00:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T00:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=42418"},"modified":"2020-04-25T00:54:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T00:54:40","slug":"memo-to-media-stop-calling-em-briefings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=42418","title":{"rendered":"Memo to media: Stop calling ’em ‘briefings’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have made a command decision regarding High Plains Blogger, which I am entitled to do since it’s, well \u2026 my blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

I am no longer going to refer to the White House press room sessions as “briefings” that were called initially to offer the world an update on how Donald Trump’s administration is dealing with the response to the coronavirus pandemic. I want the media to cease using the “b” word as well.<\/p>\n

These sessions have turned into campaign rallies. It’s that simple. Donald Trump no longer provides an ounce of new information. He no longer offers a ray of hope. He never has exhibited a scintilla of empathy or grief over the loss of life from the deadly viral infection.<\/p>\n

It has killed more than 51,000 Americans. The death toll is going to surpass in a week or so the number of Americans who died during the Vietnam War; it already has killed more Americans than those who died during the Korean War. Donald Trump doesn’t say a word to mourn the loss of life.<\/p>\n

Instead, he rails against the media, against Democrats, against (mostly Democratic) governors who criticize the administration’s response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Thus, these sessions no longer qualify as “briefings.”<\/p>\n

I will call them “rants” or “riffs.” I just wanted to let you know that I have had enough of Trump’s ignorant assertions about the “fantastic” he says he is doing to fight the virus.<\/p>\n

That might change if he ever steps aside to let the medical experts he has enlisted to serve — so far — as mostly window dressing during these White House events.<\/p>\n

To be clear, I consider the experts to be worth hearing. But only if they are allowed to offer their advice, their analysis and their assessment — without being interrupted<\/em> by the Imbecile in Chief.<\/p>\n

If that happens, then perhaps the media can resume calling these events “briefings.”<\/p>\n\n

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I have made a command decision regarding High Plains Blogger, which I am entitled to do since it’s, well \u2026 my blog. I am no longer going to refer to the White House press room sessions as “briefings” that were called initially to offer the world an update on how Donald Trump’s administration is dealing … Continue reading Memo to media: Stop calling ’em ‘briefings’<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7225,9236,1424,9261,9297],"class_list":["post-42418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-news","tag-2020-election","tag-coronavirus","tag-donald-trump","tag-pandemic","tag-white-house-press-room"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42419,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42418\/revisions\/42419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}