Tsk Tsk, breaking the rules. I wouldn’t call the reporter a “patriot” as some on Twitter have done for “periscoping” the White Press Briefings, I just wonder what took someone so long to do so and can now visualize members of the press being stripped search and all recording devices removed and have to wait for official transcripts. Somebody’s gonna get writers cramp – PB/TK
Reporter Hailed A ‘Patriot’ For Defying White House By Live-Streaming Press Briefing – By Dominque Mosbergen / July 20 2017
When the White House started banning live audio and video coverage of press briefings last month, journalists questioned the commitment to transparency of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Though disgruntled, reporters have held no boycotts and news outlets have toed the line ― only airing audio from briefings after they’ve ended, per new White House guidelines.
On Wednesday, however, the first rumblings of rebellion were heard — in the form of two pieces of audio streamed live from the White House by reporter Ksenija Pavlovic, founder and editor-in-chief of Pavlovic Today.
As The Washington Post first reported, Pavlovic used the live video-streaming app Periscope to stream audio from a press briefing held by deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Pavlovic, a former doctoral and teaching fellow at Yale, posted the audio streams to her Twitter page. The first lasted about 17 minutes, while the second was about 31 minutes long.
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