We’ll try to get better video when we can, but here’s a segment of a video President Trump played at Monday’s briefing as proof that the administration acted early and decisively, and that the media downplayed the risk of the coronavirus early on, saying it was less of a concern than the flu.
This is the supercut video President Trump just played during the coronavirus briefing. It includes clips of MSNBC and CNN pundits downplaying coronavirus, @maggieNYT defending his China travel ban, and Govs. Cuomo and Newsom praising his administration's response. pic.twitter.com/W6O1oEQuso
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 13, 2020
Asked who put the campaign-style video together, President Trump tells @jonkarl it was compiled by White House social media director and assistant to the president Dan Scavino “in a period of less than two hours." https://t.co/KrVjZR79id pic.twitter.com/xngRUuR0hU
— ABC News (@ABC) April 13, 2020
Here’s partial video from Paula Reid:
Inside coronavirus briefing President Trump is having reporters watch campaign style montage praising his handling of coronavirus. #Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/Idq26FKYqQ
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) April 13, 2020
ROTFLOL @realDonaldTrump makes WH Press Corps watch @seanhannity clip of MSM downplaying coronavirus, @maggieNYT defending his China travel ban, @NYGovCuomo and @GavinNewsom et al. praising the president. If they passed the temperature check coming in, they won't on the way out! https://t.co/kCk6HutwY5
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) April 13, 2020
Poor "Cutie Pie" @JonKarl of @ABC is scandalized that the White House would dare to defend itself and tries to insinuate there is some kind of campaign finance violation involved in pushing back against #fakenews. I'm impressed Trump is actually answering his ridiculous questions https://t.co/0vcPrQaOc9
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) April 13, 2020
My reaction to that clip : pic.twitter.com/8pc35HTRWf
— ReiceAlexis (@AlexisReice) April 13, 2020
Yeah so @realDonaldTrump is just on ???fire right now going after dishonest members of the press. And they have no real answers for him. Just more defensive nonsense.
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) April 13, 2020
And as you hear from the media right now during this press briefing, they're trying to DEBATE @realDonaldTrump. This isn't objective reporting. They're almost all taking a side. https://t.co/PWqsZ3LM5k
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) April 13, 2020
This is a campaign ad. It’s an effective one, but it’s a campaign ad.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 13, 2020
I hope the Lamestream Media is enjoying their crow. POTUS is serving it up really nicely for them.
— Hughesly (@_hughesly) April 13, 2020
Press: Who put that together?
You did.— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) April 13, 2020
As I pointed out last week, media were trying to bully Trump away from his press conferences because he fights their political messaging during the press conferences. You can witness this in real time — and their predictable reaction to it — right now. https://t.co/flF1KZta0C
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 13, 2020
Reporters were butthurt, to be sure:
WH just played what appeared to be a campaign video defending Trump. In the briefing room. Just like a rally
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 13, 2020
The president is using audio of me on The Daily to bash my reporting in the paper (though I’m so glad they listen to the Daily). Their use of the audio is misleading – I went on to say I said he treated that travel limitation as a Mission Accomplished moment.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 13, 2020
And then he did basically nothing for over a month. Which was our story yesterday.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 13, 2020
"We could give you hundreds of clips like that….we didn't want this to go on too long" after the president plays an edited highlight reel of praise for him and news clips with info he disputes.
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) April 13, 2020
As we’ve been watching for weeks, the White House briefing room has steadily morphed into a campaign rally. Tonight, President Trump takes it even further by playing a propaganda video before delivering up-to-the-minute facts about coronavirus, which is still at crisis levels.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) April 13, 2020
This briefing makes clear that the paramount concern for Trump is Trump — his self-image, what people write and say about him in the media, and whether he is praised or criticized.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 13, 2020
Not surprisingly:
CNN just pulled away and went to a fact-checking segment.
— Jeevan Vittal (@JvittalTV) April 13, 2020
MSNBC, too.
— Anti-Discrimination Center (@antibiaslaw) April 13, 2020
It’s a wonder Jim Acosta didn’t burst into flames at the sight on Sean Hannity on a TV screen.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 25, 2020
