Since the White House has been barring cameras at certain press briefings, CNN had the idea that they’d send a sketch artist.
Bill Hennessey usually provides sketches of Supreme Court proceedings for the network, but this Friday he headed over to the White House and drew up a sketch of a press briefing hosted by Sean Spicer.
From CNN:
Some conservative media voices dismissed it as a stunt, but CNN argued that the sketch session did serve a journalistic purpose, in the same way that courtroom sketches do.
CNN equated the briefing to a Supreme Court argument — an on-the-record event at which cameras are banned.
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Hennessy’s presence highlighted the significant change in White House access that has taken place recently.
Press secretaries for Democratic and Republican presidents have held on-camera briefings on a regular basis for the past quarter century.