The White House press corps is unhappy at the Self Administration’s decision to make recent press briefings off-camera affairs. The Correspondents’ Association has made its collective displeasure known. Jim Acosta accompanies his reports from the briefings with photos of the socks he’s wearing that day
CNN got good yucks when they brought their Supreme Court sketch artist Bill Hennessy over to the White House and made his sketches available to other news outlets, of which I am currently one so here’s Spicer on the stand:
As amusing as these reactions have been, they won’t sway Himself or President Bannon. Nor will righteous demands and appeals to tradition turn the cameras on.
No, my fellow fake newsers, if you want to wrest control of the White House Press Show back, you’re going to have to step up the game. You’re gonna have to go Puppet Theater.
First off, the expense will be minimal. Puppet makers are everywhere these days, from off-Broadway to Greenpeace rallies, and I’ll bet they work pretty cheap, too. Heck, see if you can pick up a used Janice from Children’s Television Workshop and you’ve already got Kellyanne Conway covered.
Spicer himself, as shown in the diary illustration, is already close to a marionette. Crafting a believable Spicey Spokesmuppet should be short work.
But the best part of White House Press Briefing Puppet Theater is that, even if it doesn’t shame the administration into reverting to accepted norms in at least this one aspect of presidentin’, I guarantee the new hybrid of live audio and puppet reenactment will prove a lot more popular that current briefings, cameras or no.
A courageous stand for the Fourth Estate and a ratings bonanza. I smell Daytime Emmy.