Yesterday we told you about White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s reported upcoming career move. Well, technically she’ll still have the same job, it’s just that soon she’ll be lying on television from a different location: MSNBC.
More from Axios:
White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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Details: Psaki has been in close consultation with the White House counsel’s office about her departure, according to two sources familiar with the plans. She’s been treading carefully on the ethics and legal aspects of her plans.
Would Psaki be consulting with the same ethical department at the White House that has said Hunter Biden making six figures a pop with his paintings is totally on the up and up?
In any case, CNN’s Brian Stelter, with some assistance from former Resistance journo Jim Acosta, passed along the story this way:
Psaki is expected to remain @presssec through the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner, its first in three years, on April 30, per a source https://t.co/E6VWJzva7P
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 1, 2022
That’s exactly how CNN’s media correspondent covered stories like that when Trump press secretaries left the White House to join media outlets. Wait, no it isn’t:
any update on this, Brian, or are you gonna have to hand over that phone? ✍️✍️✍️ pic.twitter.com/zsxpZIdUNJ
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) April 1, 2022
It’s real, and it’s spectacular:
Wrote this about Spicer and ABC last night, now it applies to Sanders and Fox too: How should ex-White House officials be treated when they spend months misleading the public, then seek positions of fame and privilege?
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 22, 2019
You can be pretty sure that people at CNN might defend that Trump-era take by arguing that Psaki didn’t deceive from the briefing podium, which would solidify their hack media status even further.
But @brianstelter is not criticizing @PressSec …weird… https://t.co/d9srwlFBaa
— President Kamala Harris 卩卂尺ㄖᗪㄚ (@POTUSHarris47) April 2, 2022
@brianstelter let’s update this for Psaki now! https://t.co/7lMM306NPW
— David Boik (@dboik0104) April 2, 2022
Narrator: But there would be no update following the Psaki news.
Get ready for hypocrisy. https://t.co/6pjqfobSWb
— Real_Dave_La_Torre 🍿 (@David_LaTorre) April 2, 2022
Tell us more, Big Bri. You of course will ask this same question regarding @PressSec Psaki?? https://t.co/CKTHw3aM1d
— ShredderGirl (@ShredderBabe) April 2, 2022
We won’t hold our breath waiting for that to happen.
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