Basking in another contentious coronavirus White House press briefing, PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor on Sunday night told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi that covering Donald Trump is a “team sport” for the press and that journalists must “have each other’s back” in opposition to the President. Much of the interview was spent lamenting that Alcindor only initially got one question out at the briefing before a CNN journalist used his question to allow her to ask another.
Speaking of Jeremy Diamond, she described the team dynamic as journalists vs. Trump: “I have to say thank you to Jeremy of CNN for giving me the opportunity to ask my second question. We know now that covering President Trump sometimes is like a team sport. We have to have each other’s back in the press corps and Jeremy had my back today.”
In a way, it’s refreshing for a reporter to admit that they see themselves as on the opposite team of Trump. Alcindor chided the President for moving back his estimates for opening up the country. She continued:
So he’s been telling people, the country, churches should be packed by Easter Sunday and today he had to admit, “Actually I have to extend my guidelines to April 30th.” And, of course, my question was about the fact that he’s been saying repeatedly that governors don’t need the medical equipment that they’re requesting, specifically saying New York doesn’t need 30 to 40,000 ventilators. Of course, the President lashed out.
Alcindor described her role as a reporter this way: “Stay forward, stay focused, be steady and continue do the job you were there to do. For me it’s a journalist, to hold presidents accountable and that’s what I did today.”
Of course, she’s rushed to the defense of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, so maybe this doesn’t apply to all politicians. For more on Alcindor’s back and forth with Trump on Tuesday, go here.
Saw it aleady watching the daily presser is the only place you can get accurate information as PBS and the others just dont report real facts. No hope allowed, if you look they all gathered very close after the presser it is they who do not take this situation seriously. Moronic repetitive questions, no wonder Trump has to swat at least one per presser.
Like waiting for Mark Levin to say “Get off the phone you idiot!”
@kitt:
Of course, President Trump never said he was (definitely) going to open the nation up by Easter. He was clear, to anyone really listening to what he said, that he would “like” to be able to open parts of the nation by Easter, with the standard caveat “We’ll see what happens.”
A nation full of people that never experienced the hardships of WWII, and have grown up in a “me first” society, do not know how to handle the uncertainty of the Chi-Com virus.
So we have this:
“Is what we are doing now really the best approach? How can we respond to COVID-19 in a way that keeps our economy intact, keeps people employed, and empowers our people with a feeling of hope and optimism, not desperation and despair?” he said.
https://tennesseestar.com/2020/03/29/more-people-died-of-suicide-than-coronavirus-in-tennessee-last-week/
Odd that the one comment FDR is most remembered for is “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” meant to give people hope. Yet, if President Trump tries to give some hope, he is ridiculed for it.
Haters are going to hate.
@retire05: This was the same reporter that looked pretty upbeat when Schiff was lying during the impeachment trials and somber when the defense got its turn testifying.
At least it was fun watching Trump kick Acosta’s corrupt ass all over the briefing, today.
She asked for and got seconds today, silly twattlefoot.
@retire05:
If the media then would have treated FDR like they treat Trump today, they would have quoted FDR as “We have nothing to fear” and impeached him for “downplaying” the depression.
Does anyone know what the prize is for the attention-whore that finally gets Trump with their “gotcha” questions? It must be a humdinger.