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'I’m not answering that': Scott Jennings ducks Trump press-ban questions
CNN commentator Scott Jennings (Photo: screen capture)
The Press Ban Exposed the White House’s Real Weakness: Control Without Competence
A Ban That Shrunk the Presidency
The reporting describes a White House press ban that prompted other outlets to boycott presidential events, depriving Donald Trump of the professional equipment and distribution normally supplied by the press pool. The immediate result was not tighter message control but degraded audio, sparse coverage, litigation from banned outlets, and a president reaching fewer people.
This is the central political fact: the White House…
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