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White House Embarrassingly Holds 'Press Briefing' Full of MAGA Influencers (gizmodo.com)

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You put out headlines with trump in the title to get the clicks. This is what you've been signing up for and now you're being replaced assholes.

This week, the White House sank to a new low on that front, holding a first-of-its-kind “New Media Press Briefing.” While inviting journalists from smaller, less established outlets to the White House is ostensibly a good idea, that’s not what the administration did. Indeed, instead of inviting actual journalists to the event, the White House populated it with a slew of friendly influencers who were all too happy to kiss the president’s ass and ask White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt the softest of softball questions. It was bullshit questions and bullshit answers all the way down.

Leavitt kicked the briefing off by bragging about the administration’s various “accomplishments” over the past 100 years, er sorry, I meant days. “As I promised at my first briefing as press secretary back in January, the Trump White House will speak to all media outlets and personalities—not just the legacy media who traditionally has covered this institution,” Leavitt said.___

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

This isn't LAMF material

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

I guess traditional media is getting their face eaten? Kind of and barely?

Rewritten it could work but as it is written and posted it's a weak ass LAMF imo.

More depressing than anything.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

At this time, 12 people agree with you, but 511 don't.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

Ah, I love the old Reddit mentality of everything being a popularity contest. At least, when you're laying awake at night, lonely, contemplating your impending mortality and how you'll never be remembered after you die except by maybe a couple people, you'll feel the warmth that comes from the knowledge that several hundred strangers on the internet clicked a button for you once.

That's where true happiness comes from.