BBCNEWS Newsnight February 16, 2017
It has been custom for decades. Right now, there is no indication those norms and customs are changing. The president did call cnn and other outlets today. He seemed to enjoy the verbal combat. Maybe we will see him do Press Conferences more often. There are concerns about chilling effects from the daily drumbeat, calling the news media fake, the cnn, the New York Times, he continues, on a daily basis, to try to destabilise and delegitimise the american media. A lot of viewers, even some that voted for trump, that is troubling. Answering questions, mostly words, not actions. I see journalists ...
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