it s about free press, the american public, getting the information from the highest office in the land, from the man they elected. and martha joint kumar, author of managing the president s message said if you don t hear the president s voice, that s why the briefing. particularly an on-camera briefing is so important. and we re not hearing the president s voice. as jim has said over and over again. we ve had one solo press conference. that was february. what is this, june. brian, what do you say, though, to folks who are listening at home who think this is reporters complaining about their jobs being difficult or complaining about not being respected? i think april makes a great point. it s not about us. it s about what this president is doing. look, i separate from the president from his white house press staff because sometimes they ve shown promise for doing some things. i credit them for bringing in people from the cabinet to talk to us in some of the briefings. i give th
in there, and that is just where technology is right now. to think that we re going backwards and not having things on camera to me is just preposterous. can i respond? i think the bipartisan letter from ari a lot of us look at them and sy what are the american people learning? what really is the press learning? jim, i can understand you want as much acsession as you can get. your freedoms are not being denied when the white house determines the method they want to brief the press. that is their first amendment right. they re our cameras and we should be able to turn them on. the white house is saying we can t turn them on. april? matt, with all due respect, when we do not hear the voice of the president, the briefing is needed. and that comes not from the press, but from someone who has authored a book about managing the press, managing the president s message and working with the press. her name is dr. martha joint