In the wake of Donald Trump's odd first press conference as president-elect, Jack Shafer calls on reporters to abandon the White House press room: "If Trump’s idea of a news conference is to spank the press, if his lieutenants believe the press needs shutting down, if his chief of staff wants to speculate about moving the White House press scrum off the premises, perhaps reporters ought to take the hint and prepare to cover his administration on their own terms."
January 19, 2017