Wall Street Journal | Newsweek
The White House is planning to put a video wall in the briefing room, which could reinforce its message at briefings and diminish the role of reporters as questioners. "Putting a video wall in the White House allows any administration to shape almost any story much more directly," says former CNN reporter
Ralph Begleiter. It's "an extension of the idea that the government wants to speak directly to the public with a voice that's very carefully crafted, without room for the analysis or critiques or amalgamations of fact that reporters routinely bring." ||
Holly Bailey: "The renovation is set to make the briefing room as fancy as it seems in the movies."
