CNN sent a courtroom sketch artist to cover a White House press briefing

[Pluvious]

As they say...
"Special times call for special measures!"

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For the third time this week, the White House on Friday banned TV cameras from a news media briefing. Lacking footage and wanting some kind of visual element, CNN came up with a rather creative solution: a courtroom sketch artist.

William J. Hennessy Jr., who has illustrated Bill Clinton impeachment proceedings and Iran-contra hearings over a long career in Washington, was dispatched to sketch White House press secretary Sean Spicer. A day earlier, CNN had hired Hennessy to cover the Supreme Court.

Sketching Spicer would seem to represent another effort to highlight the unusual nature of the White House press shop's recent recalcitrance. Beyond its prohibition on filming, the White House also barred news outlets from broadcasting live audio three times this week.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/23/cnn-sent-a-courtroom-sketch-artist-to-cover-a-white-house-press-briefing

[leftstreet]

1. Why don't they boycott this bullshit?

What would Trump do if NO ONE showed up?

[Pluvious]

3. FOX, Breitbart, and Info Wars wouldn't boycott, only media that's REAL

And the rest so-called media (fake) fear hearing the truthiness

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. Sean looks better in pencil.

[Pluvious]

4. Yeah, I see no sign of any so-called weight gain n/t

[Gothmog]

5. Getting in some practice before the trials

[Gothmog]

6. May not be the last time Trump administration officials are depicted by courtroom sketch artists.

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