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Trump White House goes 300+ days without a press briefing – why that's unprecedented

  • Written by Charles Bierbauer, Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of South Carolina
The White House logo is displayed in the press briefing room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 31, 2020. Getty/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

Journalists learn to adapt to current conditions, be they storms or tantrums, vagaries of nature or whims of officials. White House correspondents these days should be well past their withdrawal...

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