A>>> FIRST PRESS SECRETARY OF
THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE SEAN
SPICER PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK THE
ROLE WOULD PROPEL HIM INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT AS MUCH AS IT DID.
IT LED TO MEMORABLE TV MOMENTS
FOR HIM AND SOME UNFORGETTABLE
LATE NIGHT IMPERSONATIONS FOR
US.
WATCH.
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST FULL
DAY IN OFFICE IT WAS PRESS
SECRETARY SEAN SPICER GETTING A
LOT OF THE ATTENTION.
>> THIS WAS THE LARGEST AUDIENCE
TO EVER WITNESS AN INAUGURATION,
PERIOD.
HE QUICKLY DEVELOPED A
CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE MEDIA.
>> THE PRESIDENT MADE IT CLEAR
WHAT HIS POSITION IS.
>> THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT'S THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION.
>> SETTLE DOWN.
>> Reporter: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
IMMEDIATELY POUNCED ON HIS
DEMEANOR AT THE PODIUM.
>> I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ON
BEHALF OF YOU TO ME FOR HOW YOU
HAVE TREATED ME THESE LAST TWO
WEEKS AND THAT APOLOGY IS NOT
ACCEPTED.
I'M HERE TO SWALLOW GUM AND I'M
HERE TO TAKE NAMES.
>> Reporter: BACK IN WASHINGTON
THE PRESS CORPS WOULD SPAR WITH
SPICER OVER HIS INTERPRETATION
OF FACTS.
HE WOULD OFTEN FEND OFF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION.
>> IF THE RUSSIA PUTS RUSSIAN
SALAD DRESSING ON HIS SALAD,
IT'S A RUSSIAN CONNECTION.
>> Reporter: HE LATER APOLOGIZED
FOR THESE REMARKS.
>> SOMEONE AS DESPICABLE AS
HITLER WHO DIDN'T EVEN SINK TO
USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
>> Reporter: AFTER RESIGNING
FROM HIS POST, HE GOT IN ON THE
JOKE SURPRISING CROWDS AT THE
EMMY AWARDS.
THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST
AUDIENCE TO WITNESS AN EMMYS,
PERIOD.
>> FINALLY POKING FUN AT HIMSELF
AFTER MONTHS OF BEING THE BRUNT
OF THE JOKE.
>> THIS PRESS INTERVIEW IS OVER.
SEAN SPICER HAS A NEW BOOK OUT.
IT COMES OUT TUESDAY.
IT'S CALLED "THE BRIEFING".
HE'S WITH US NOW.
WELCOME TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK.
>> IT MUST FEEL GOOD TO LAUGH
ABOUT THAT.
>> I'D RATHER BE SITTING IN THIS
CHAIR THAN STANDING BEHIND A
PODIUM.
>> OF COURSE.
>> DO YOU LOOK AT SARAH HUCKABEE
SANDERS WITH EMPATHY?
WHAT DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WATCH
HER UP THERE?
>> HAVING BEEN THERE AND KNOWING
WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THAT ON A
DAILY BASIS, OBVIOUSLY SARAH IS
A GREAT FRIEND, AND I HAVE A LOT
OF ADMIRATION FOR WHAT SHE DOES.
IT TAKES A LOT OF PREPARATION TO
GET READY TO DO THAT.
>> CRITICS WOULD SAY IT TAKES AN
ABILITY TO DISASSOCIATE FROM THE
TRUTH.
>> I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THAT.
>> LET'S GO BACK TO THE THING
THAT STARTED THE PROBLEMS FOR
YOU.
YOU DETAIL IT IN THE BOOK.
IT'S AN INTERESTING BACK STORY.
YOU GOT CALLED IN.
>> CAME TODAY WITH A MUCH
BETTER.
>> YOU LOOK VERY DAPPER.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTED YOU TO
GET OUT THERE AND FIGHT THE
NARRATIVE ABOUT THE INAUGURATION
CROWD SIZES.
THEY WEREN'T AS BIG AS OBAMAS
AND TRUMP DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
HERE IS WHAT SEAN DID THAT GOT
HIM IN TROUBLE.
>> PHOTOGRAPHS FOR INTENTIONALLY
FRAMED IN A WAY IN ONE
PARTICULAR TWEET TO MINIMIZE THE
ENORMOUS SUPPORT THAT GATHERED
ON THE NATIONAL MALL.
INACCURATE NUMBERS INVOLVING
CROWD SIZE WERE TREATED.
NO ONE HAD NUMBERS.
BECAUSE THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE WHICH CONTROLS THE
NATIONAL MALL DOES NOT PUT ANY
OUT.
THIS WAS THE LARGEST AUDIENCE TO
EVER WITNESS AN INAUGURATION,
PERIOD.
BOTH IN PERSON AND AROUND THE
GROAN.
>> OH, BUT IT WASN'T.
IT WASN'T.
AND DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOW?
>> IF I COULD HAVE A DO OVER, I
COULD TAKE IT.
>> DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WAS
NOT TRUE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I SAID ON
THAT --
>> NO, NO.
>> NO, LISTEN.
>> HOLD ON.
WAS THAT TRUE OR NOT TRUE?
>> I SAID THE TOTALITY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WATCHED IT --
>> NO, YOU SAID EVER.
INCLUDING IN PERSON.
>> IN PERSON OR AROUND THE
GLOBE.
>> BOTH.
>> RIGHT.
BOTH.
COMBINED.
>> NO.
NO.
IN PERSON AND AROUND THE GLOBE.
>> CORRECT.
>> WAS THAT TRUE OR WASN'T IT?
>> STILL STANDING BY IT?
>> I'M SAYING I COULD HAVE DONE
THAT A HECK OF A LOT BETTER.
THE POINT WAS THAT WHAT WE WERE
CONFLATING WAS THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE STANDING IN ONE POSITION
VERSUS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO
AND NOT WELL.
>> AND NOT TRUTHFULLY.
>> BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
WATCHED IT LIVE ON TWITTER --
HOLD ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOOK, HERE'S THE POINT.
THE NUMBER OF -- THAT WAS THE
HIGHEST RATED LIVE TWITTER EVENT
THAT EVER OCCURRED.
>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE
NATIONAL MALL DID NOT COMPARE TO
THE NUMBER THAT SHOWED UP FOR
BARACK OBAMA.
>> CORRECT.
>> YOU ADMIT THAT.
>> WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS
TO SAY OKAY, THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT WITNESSED IT
INCLUDING THE PLATFORMS THAT
DIDN'T EXIST EIGHT YEARS
PRIOR --
>> >> BUT YOU WENT TO TALK ABOUT
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE
METRO AND YOU HAD THOSE FACTS
WRONG TOO.
>> HOLD ON.
WOULD I HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE
THAT ALL OVER?
ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS NO ONE SAVE MY WIFE,
GOD BLESS HER AND MY MOM WHO --
I DON'T EVEN THINK I DID AN OKAY
JOB.
THEY SAID IT TO MAKE ME FEEL
BETTER.
THE PRESIDENT CALLS HIM AND WAS
LIKE WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
>> NO.
THE PRESIDENT WENT OUT THERE AND
SAID WE CAUGHT THE MEDIA IN A
LIE WHEN TALKING ABOUT HIS CROWD
SIZES.
HE WAS WITH YOU IN WHAT YOU
SAID.
>> NO, HE WASN'T.
>> THEN WHY DID HE SAY --
>> ALL I CAN TELL YOU AS FAR AS
WHAT I DID AND WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING ME ABOUT, MY
ACCOUNTABILITY, I SCREWED THAT
DAY UP BY ALL ACCOUNTS.
IT SAVED NOBODY.
>> SO THE REASON YOU DID IS
BECAUSE HE CALLED YOU IN AND
TOLD YOU TO DO IT.
>> ON FRIDAY NIGHT THE
PRESIDENT -- ON FRIDAY THE
PRESIDENT GETS INAUGURATED AT
NOON.
WE GO DOWN TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE PRESIDENT KICKS OFF THE DAY
BY SIGNING A SERIES OF EXECUTIVE
ORDERS AND EXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO
SHOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT
HE'S GETTING TO WORK RIGHT AWAY.
HE'S KEEPING --
>> BUT THEN HE'S WATCHING CABLE
NEWS AND SEES TRUTH AND GETS
UPSET.
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, PLEASE
LET ME FINISH.
HE HAD THE PRESS CORPS IN.
THEY TWEET OUT A FALSE STAIR A
RACIALLY INFLAMMATORY STORY THAT
THE PRESIDENT REMOVED THE BUST
OF MARTIN LUTHER KING.
>> THAT WAS FALSE.
>> THANK YOU, THAT WAS FALSE.
WE SPEND A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT
EVENING CLEANING THAT UP.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ONCE THEY
SAW THAT, THEY THOUGHT THE BELL
HAD RUNG AND WE HAD TO GO OUT
AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WASN'T,
IN FACT TRUE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH
YOU THAT THE MEDIA HAS REPORTED
NUMEROUS THINGS ABOUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP THAT ARE FALSE.
AND WHEN THEY'RE TO HIS
DETRIMENT, THEY LOVE IT MORE.
BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE THEM
SITTING HERE.
I HAVE YOU.
AND WHAT YOU SAID THERE WASN'T
TRUE AND YOUR BOSS SAID THE SAME
THING.
>> WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND THE MIND SET.
HE WAKES UP THE NEXT MORNING AND
SEES THE PANEL DISCUSSIONS
TALKING ABOUT CROWD SIZE.
HE GETS UPSET.
I THINK AFTER WINNING AN
ELECTION WHERE EVERYBODY WAS
AGAINST US IN TERMS OF TALKING
ABOUT WHETHER WE HAD THE ABILITY
TO WIN.
THEY CRITICIZED THE CAMPAIGN,
THE STRUCTURE.
>> YOU'RE TRYING TO JUSTIFY THE
MISLEAD AS OPPOSED --
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
NO, I'M SAYING -- I SAID IF I
COULD HAVE DONE THIS OVER, I
TALK EXTENSIVE IN THE BOOK ABOUT
SEVERAL OF THE INSTANCES YOU
PLAYED IN THE TAPE AND SAID THIS
IS WHERE I COULD HAVE DONE A
MUCH BETTER JOB.
>> BUT HE TOLD YOU TO GO OUT
THERE.
YOU'RE DEFENSIVE OF HIM ON THIS
POINT.
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO TRUMP
IS THE ONE WHO WANTED THE
INAUGURATION CROWD SIZES
RESTATED.
>> I'M TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR
MY ACTIONS.
I WENT OUT THERE.
I SAID THOSE WORDS.
I COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHAT I DID.
>> I GOT IT, BUT YOU WORK FOR
SOMEBODY WHO CONTROLS WHAT YOU
DID, AND YOU'RE HONEST ABOUT
THAT IN THE BOOK AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BOOK
>>> WE'RE BACK WITH SEAN SPICER
WHO IS OUT WITH A NEW MEMOIR
CALLED "THE BRIEFING" ABOUT HIS
TIME WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
HIS BACKGROUND IN POLITICS.
I WANT TO PICK IT UP ON THE
SUBJECT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
HONESTY.
I HEARD YOU TELL SAVANNAH YOU
BELIEVE HE'S A TRUTHFUL MAN.
>> YES.
HE'S A SALESMAN AND BUSINESSMAN.
HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE
EVERYTHING SOUND LIKE THE BEST.
THAT'S BEEN HIS CAREER IN SALES
AND AS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER
AND A TV MOGUL.
I JUST -- I THINK IT'S -- I --
HE NEVER SAT IN FRONT OF ME AND
LIED TO MY FACE OR TOLD ME TO GO
DO --
>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE HASN'T
TOLD MANY LIES.
>> BUT I'M NOT --
>> JUST BECAUSE THE LIE WAS NOT
TO YOUR FACE DOESN'T MEAN IT
DIDN'T HAPPEN.
>> OKAY.
>> NO, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY DODGING.
>> BECAUSE, LOOK --
>> HE STRUGGLES WITH THE TRUTH.
>> I THINK HE SELLS WHAT HIS
POLICIES.
AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIS
RESULTS.
THAT'S WHO HE IS.
>> THIS ISN'T SELLING.
THIS IS -- THESE ARE NONTRUTHS
TO BE CHARITABLE.
WISCONSIN HASN'T BEEN WON BY A
REPUBLICAN SINCE 1952.
THAT'S FROM TRUMP.
NIXON WON IT TWICE.
REAGAN WON IT TWICE.
SINCE REAGAN NOBODY HAS GOTTEN
TAX CUTS.
WE GOT IT UNDER BUSH AND BARACK
OBAMA.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE I GOT WAS
THE BIGGEST SINCE REAGAN.
GEORGE W. BUSH AND REAGAN AND
BACKUP'S WAS BIGGER THAN
HUSBAND.
I HAD A VERY SMOOTH ROLE OF THE
TRAVEL BAN.
YOU ADMIT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
113 WERE RELEASED BY BUSH.
CLAIMS HE SAID RUSSIA WAS
MEDDLED IN THE ELECTION.
I COULD GO ON.
>> AND, AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S
SEVERAL AREAS WHERE HE'S USED
HIS HYPERBOLE.
THOSE ARE NOT TRUTHFUL
STATEMENTS.
>> I'VE MADE MISTAKES MYSELF.
>> THOSE ARE MISTAKES.
>> I'M NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR
ANYTHING ANYBODY ELSE SAID.
>> YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SAYING
YOU THINK HE'S A TRUTHFUL
PERSON.
>> THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.
HOLD ON.
I DO THINK -- LOOK, HE LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE MAKES MISTAKES.
I THINK THAT --
>> THOSE ARE ALL MISTAKES.
>> THEY ARE.
BUT I THINK WE ALL MAKE THEM,
AND I THINK THERE'S A LEVEL OF
INTENSITY AND SCRUTINY ON THIS
ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS BEEN
ABSENT A LOT OF TIMES IN THE
PAST.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU BUT I FEEL
COMFORTABLE HAVING THIS
DISCUSSION WITH YOU BECAUSE I
WAS OUT ON THE AIR NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT ON OBAMA IF YOU LIKE YOUR
PLAN YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PLAN.
THOSE WERE LIES TOO.
AND I CALLED HIM OUT ON THOSE,
AND I'M CALLING OUT PRURCH ON
H
-- PRESIDENT TRUMP ON HIS LIES
AS WELL.
>> AND I THINK TO THE DEGREE
THAT AS I SAID IN THE LAST
SEGMENT, WE'RE ALL ACCOUNTABLE
FOR WHAT WE SAY.
I'M ACCOUNTABLE FOR MY WORDS FOR
WHAT I'VE SAID WHETHER IT'S ON
BEHALF OF WHEN I'VE GONE OUT
PERSONALLY TO SUGGEST SOMETHING,
AND IF YOU CAME BACK WITH A
SERIES OF THINGS I'VE SAID, I'LL
TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> YOU WORKED FOR TRUMP.
YOU CAN'T DISTANCE YOURSELF AND
SAY -- YOU WERE HIS PRESS
SECRETARY.
YOU WERE HIS MOUTHPIECE.
IF HE TOLD YOU TO LIE --
>> HE NEVER TOLD ME TO LIE.
THAT'S WHY IN THE BOOK I WALK
THROUGH THE MOMENTS IN THE
CAMPAIGN AND THE TRANSITION OF
THE WHITE HOUSE AND TALK ABOUT
AREAS WHERE YOU MENTIONED THE
TRAVEL BAN.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE A
MUCH BETTER JOB OF ROLLING THAT
OUT ABOUT COMMUNICATING
COORDINATING IT THROUGH THE
WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE.
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU
SAW HIM IN HELSINKI STAND UP AND
SAY I DON'T THINK ANY REASON WHY
IT WOULD BE RUSSIA.
YOU WERE GLAD WHEN HE WALKED IT
BACK, BUT WHAT DID YOU THINK
WHEN HE SAID THAT?
>> I THOUGHT HE'D BETTER MAKE
SURE HE CLEARS THAT UP.
>> WHY?
>> I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ALLEGATIONS WHICH WE'VE
SEEN NOTHING SO FAR OF
COLLUSION, AND MEDDLING IN THE
ELECTION WHICH I KNOW HE IS
AWARE OF BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
BRIEFED ON THAT EXTENSIVELY.
IT'S GONE ON FOR DECADES.
THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE
TRIED TO MEDDLE WITH THE UNITED
STATES' ELECTIONS FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
>> AND SO YOU BELIEVE HIM THAT
IT WAS A MISSTATEMENT THAT HE
MEANT TO MAKE IT --
>> IT'S ALMOST BEEN A YEAR SINCE
I LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE.
I'VE STOPPED FOCUSING ON EVERY
PRESS CONFERENCE.
>> COME ON.
THIS WAS NATIONAL NEWS THAT
DOMINATED EVERY PAPER, EVERY
NEWS CYCLE.
>> I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT.
YOU'RE ASKING MY OPINION.
>> I'M ASKING WHETHER YOU
BELIEVE HIM THAT HE WAS
MISSPEAKING?
>> IF HE SAYS HE WAS, THEN SURE.
I MEAN, WHAT -- I'M NOT -- I
DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I WASN'T THERE.
AND TO SIT HERE AND SAY --
>> NEITHER WAS I, BUT I'M ABLE
TO DRAW A CONCLUSION.
>> HE CLARIFIED IT
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TODAY
BY APOLOGIZING ON BEHALF OF YOU
TO ME.
FOR HOW YOU HAVE TREATED ME
THESE LAST TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT APOLOGY IS NOT
ACCEPTED.
BECAUSE I'M NOT HERE TO BE YOUR
BUDDY.
I'M HERE TO SWALLOW GUM AND I'M
HERE TO TAKE NAMES.
>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH THE
FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY SEAN SPICER IMITATED
SO BRILLIANTLY BY MELISSA
McCARTHY.
YOU GOT IN ON THE JOKE TO YOUR
CREDIT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WATCH THAT?
>> FIRST, I WAS SAY HE'S AN
UNBELIEVABLY TALENTED ACTOR.
>> SHE'S VERY GOOD.
>> LOOK, HERE'S -- I AM -- I
GREW UP IN RHODE ISLAND IN A
SMALL TOWN IN RHODE ISLAND WITH
A TIGHT KNIT FAMILY.
WE WEREN'T POLITICALLY INVOLVED.
I WAS GOING TO WASHINGTON TO
FULFILL MY DREAM OF GETTING A
JOB ON CAPITOL HILL.
THAT WAS MY GOAL, AND THEN I GO
THROUGH THIS ENTIRE JOURNEY I
LAY OUT IN THE BOOK, AND HAVE
THE HONOR OF DOING SO MANY OTHER
THINGS WORKING FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, SERVING IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY FOR 19 YEARS.
AND THEN I FIND MYSELF --
[ APPLAUSE ]
-- NOT ONLY STANDING AT A PODIUM
WHICH I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE.
WE TOOK PICTURES OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE GATES.
I WONDER IF I CAN GET A TOUR.
AND IT'S REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT,
THE IDEA TO STAND BEHIND THE
PODIUM IS SURREAL.
IT'S AN HONOR.
IT LITERALLY WAS MY AMERICAN
DREAM.
THEN TO HAVE MELISSA McCARTHY DO
THAT --
>> YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR
REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
THE BOOK DOES A GOOD JOB OF
LAYING OUT HOW THE RNC WHERE YOU
WORKED BEFORE THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN, SET TRUMP UP FOR
SUCCESS IN MOBILIZING THE VOTERS
AND SO ON.
THEY WERE THE UNSUNG HEROS IF
YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN OF HELPING
TRUMP WITH HIS ELECTORAL
VICTORY.
CAN I ASK YOU.
IF YOU LOOK AT TRUMP ON PAPER,
HIS POLICIES HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR
REPUBLICANS AND STRONG FOR
REPUBLICANS FROM THE JUDICIAL
APPOINTMENTS TO THE TAX CUTS AND
THE ROLL BACK ON REGULATIONS.
IT'S THE CHARACTER AND THINGS
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT GET
HIM IN TROUBLE, BUT WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THE MEDIA AND THE
ZEAL TO COVER THIS PRESIDENT'S
PROBLEMS VERSUS HOW THEY COVERED
OUR LAST PRESIDENT WHO ALSO HAD
SOME PROBLEMS OF HIS OWN?
>> LOOK, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR
ABOUT THIS.
I THINK A HEALTHY AND ROBUST
PRESS CORPS IS ESSENTIAL TO A
STRONG DEMOCRACY.
I WRITE IN THE BOOK THERE ARE
SOME EXTREMELY TALENTED
REPORTERS THAT COVER THE WHITE
HOUSE, COVER POLITICS, AND
THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WE SHOULD
FOLLOW.
THEY ARE TOUGH AND TENACIOUS.
THEY FIGHT HARD FOR THE TRUTH,
AND I DIDN'T LIKE EVERY STORY
THAT MOST OF THEM WROTE, BUT I
ALWAYS FELT AS THOUGH THEY DID A
GOOD JOB AND WERE STRAIGHT ABOUT
HOW THEY COVERED IT.
I THINK TOO OFTEN NOW WE FIND
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CORPS THAT
TAKE TO TWITTER TO FOCUS ON
INTRIGUE TO MAKE THE BRIEFING
ABOUT THEM.
THEY ALL WANT TO TRY TO GET
THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME.
>> THEY'VE LOST ALL OBJECTIVITY.
>> I TRY TO LAY OUT CONSTRUCTIVE
CRITICISM OF BOTH SIDES SAYING
HERE'S WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS
IN GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS CAN BE BETTER AT
WORKING WITH THE PRESS CORPS,
BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S AREAS
WHERE THE PRESS CORPS WOULD BE
BETTER.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE HERSELF IN A
JULY 2017 INTERVIEW ON MSNBC
TALKS ABOUT HOW WE SHOULDN'T
MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE
HILL IN EVERY TWEET.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
PEOPLE GET THE VAPORS.
AND HONESTLY, IF THEY HAD DONE
THAT FOR PRIOR PRESIDENTS, IT
MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTING, BUT
THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN
THEIR HEARTS FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THEIR
HEARTS.
>> I THINK THERE'S A LEGITIMATE
CASE TO BE MADE THAT THE MEDIA
LEANS LEFT, BUT THE PRESIDENT
DESERVES SCRUTINY GIVEN THE
NUMBER OF FALSEHOODS HE SPEWS.
THE BOOK IS WELL WORTH YOUR
TIME.
IT'S HONEST AND I LOVE YOUR
BACKGROUND AND YOUR FAMILY.