“Before the briefing began, a representative of the correspondents association asked OANN’s Rion to leave the room because it wasn’t her day to attend, but she refused, claiming she was there “as a guest of Stephanie Grisham,” the press secretary”
President Trump has made contentious exchanges with reporters a feature of his daily coronavirus briefings, often using personal invective to bulldoze past questions about shortfalls with masks, ventilators and testing and his own past statements.
"I think it's terrible. When they don't want the president of the United States to have a voice, you're not talking about democracy any longer," Trump said."Thank you very much." Before Tuesday's briefing began, a representative of the correspondents association asked Rion to leave the room because it wasn't her day to attend, but she refused, claiming she was there"as a guest of Stephanie Grisham," the White House press secretary, according to reporters familiar with the exchange.
"It's a great question," Trump responded."And you're doing a great job, by the way. Your network is fantastic. They're really doing a great job. Please let them know." "He often gets upset with Fox when their coverage isn't as positive as he thinks it should be," one official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity."Pumping up OAN sends a message to Fox to stay in line."
Even before this, however, Trump has made a point of elevating OAN's visibility, sometimes at Fox's expense. At a November news conference in the East Room, for example, Trump appeared alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The event was a"two and two" in press corps parlance, meaning that the leaders would each take questions from two U.S. journalists and two Turkish journalists.
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