NEW YORK (AP) — Early in the Trump administration, the daily press briefing was must-see TV. Yet the cameras remained off once again Monday when Sean Spicer met with reporters.
The off-camera session came on the same day that ABC announced a new digital program, “The Briefing Room,” designed to provide analysis of these press conferences.
A Democratic congressman has also proposed a bill requiring the White House hold two on-camera briefings a week, an attempt to goad the administration into greater transparency.
But news networks CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC were forced to show still pictures of Spicer on Monday as he talked off-camera.
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