The president now addresses reporters at length almost every day. But by participating in these briefings during a pandemic, reporters are risking their health and that of their family. Bencjacobs reports
Members of the press line up for a mandatory COVID-19 test in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 9. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images The White House briefing room is a low-ceilinged claustrophobic space. Built on top of a swimming pool where Franklin Delano Roosevelt exercised and John F.
In addition to limiting numbers, reporters have been required to have their temperatures checked before entering the briefing room and even had to take tests for the virus before Thursday’s briefing. Yet even those precautions are only a starting point for those journalists who still go to the White House.
The one person to flaunt WHCA policy has been Chanel Rion, a conspiracy theorist who appears on the small conservative cable channel One America News Network . Rion has shown up on days when it was not her turn to participate, claiming to have an invitation to attend the briefing from outgoing White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham.
One White House reporter noted that the WHCA has limited options, particularly in an administration that has taken as adversarial a tone toward the press as Trump’s. It’s also changed the rhythm of the work day. Traditionally, White House press secretaries held briefings in the afternoon. Now the president emerges sometime after 5 p.m. every day. It’s perfectly timed for evening news but presents hazards for print deadlines and those working conventional hours — not that anyone is complaining. “People are dying,” said one reporter. “We can work a little later”
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