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Um, whose words? From what you said, I can't make out who you're talking about.



That's a quote from a White House official who was unwilling to put his name on the record, sorry.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-cnn-press-234455


Ah, I see. They, the White House, are not going to send "surrogates" (talking heads) to talk to the press where they don't feel like they're going to be fairly heard (for some definition of "fairly"). That's understandable, in a way, but it's also a very bad move. First, having to explain yourself to hostile questioners is part of what the White House is supposed to have to do, so that the public gets a more realistic view of whether their policies are sane than they would get from the White House alone. But second, if they think they're being unfairly treated by a biased media, not talking to that segment of the media is not going to make the divide any less...




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