White House reporters fume over off-camera briefings

The White House press corps vented frustration June 19 with press secretary Sean Spicer for conducting off-camera briefings in place of the usual publicly broadcast briefings. Spicer conducted an off-camera briefing with reporters on June 19 in which the press was told it could not film or broadcast audio of the proceedings. Spicer conducted the last on-camera briefing June 12. “The White House press secretary is getting to a point where he’s just kind of useless,” CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta said after the briefing. “If they’re getting to this point where he’s not going to answer questions or go on camera or have audio, why are we even having these briefings or gaggles in the first place?”