White House may cancel press Briefings because telling the truth is too difficult

[Redwyrm]

You know this is going to be a double edged sword, right? Because now they won't be able to say: "We didn't say that" if it's all in writing.

It's slightly better than being on video and saying it. You can at least claim someone forged the written stuff.

And let's not get into his rampant use of twitter as a digital paper trail of contradictions.

[Lenonis]

It's fascinating how blindly people defend Trump when you can just go to his twitter feed to find directly contradicting tweets or ones that are just clearly lies. No "fake news media" needed.

[Garnier Fructis]

It's slightly better than being on video and saying it. You can at least claim someone forged the written stuff.

And let's not get into his rampant use of twitter as a digital paper trail of contradictions.

Oh the hell they won't. They'll just claim the documents were edited.

Fair enough, I don't know why that didn't cross my mind.

It's fascinating how blindly people defend Trump when you can just go to his twitter feed to find directly contradicting tweets or ones that are just clearly lies. No "fake news media" needed.

Vision is a liberal plot.

[Thepersona]

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[GennGreymane]

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[Brubear]

Yeah has nothing to do with the false reporting that goes on.

Same liberal media outlet proclaims there MIGHT have been collusion with Russia, yet NO PROOF at all of it. But since the media outlet said there is we have to investigate. The only reports of it was from the liberal journalist.

Same liberal media outlet says they have sources that say the Assistance Attorney General threatens to resign over the firing. He gets on TV and says he NEVER threaten anything and he in fact did recommend the firing.

What he is saying is that since what they say at the briefings are spun to fit the liberal media agenda, maybe it would be better to hand them written statements. That way when they lie and spin the truth, they can call BS and show the written statement.

Yeah, it's that damned liberal media that's the problem and not their inability to get their stories straight.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...go-out-and-lie

A former communications director to President George W. Bush on Friday ripped President Trump's White House communication strategy following the ousting of former FBI Director James Comey.

Nicole Wallace said that it is extraordinary to see Trump and his White House officials contradict each other on Comey's firing, adding that she was never instructed to "go out and lie" to the public.

"I cannot overstate how extraordinary it is. I worked in a White House that was far from perfect, but I never was asked to go out and lie and I was never caught in a lie by a president who went out and contradicted me," she said in an interview with NBC News.

"What the president does over and over again is create a reality that is completely detached from the reality that he believed in hours before," she added.

"No one is immune from ... whatever he believes to be true at the moment."

The White House originally maintained that Trump made the decision to fire Comey after the Deputy Attorney General Ron Rosenstein sent a memo to the president, stating that Comey had done “substantial damage” to the FBI’s credibility.

Several days later, however, Trump seemed to have directly contradicted his White House staff, telling NBC’s Lester Holt that his mind was made up about Comey even before receiving the memo.

“I was going to fire regardless of the recommendation,” Trump said.

[Powerogue]

Having it all written certainly gives them time to double check things. Whether that's to avoid saying something stupid or to to ensure their lies are consistent depends on who you ask.

Considering Trump's tweets I doubt the former.