For journalists covering Trump, the new reality at the White House

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Behind the scenes: Temperature checks, reduced staffing, lots of Purell and coping with grim news.

I wanted to spend as little time as possible outside NBC's enclosed workspace. And there would be no fighting for space, because the White House Correspondents' Association has limited the number of reporters who can attend the briefing to follow social distancing guidelines.

The closet-sized, windowless room where the NBC News White House unit works is also starkly different. On a typical day, there would have been four reporters and producers crowded together less than a foot apart, with a fifth person sometimes perched on a stool as people rotate in and out during the day.

At Tuesday’s coronavirus task force briefing, I sat less than a dozen feet away from President Donald Trump as he warned America we are about to go through a"very painful" few weeks. That was a turnabout after he downplayed the threat for weeks. Dr. Deborah Birx detailed howare expected to die within a few weeks, showing charts and graphs laying out the grim trajectory.

 

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Well of course you did. Is this all you got?

Don’t take the malaria drug recommended by Trump. ThinningTheHerd Journalists

Why aren't they all wearing masks? 🤔

Where there fuck did they get purell?

He will be our greatest Leader to date in American History imagine Joe Biden in charge...

The next pres. should let the WH be a museum and move the exec branch operations to a larger more hygenic building.

WHY are they still using that tiny broom closet of a briefing room? I've seen doctors' office waiting rooms bigger than that. The press corps need a serious upgrade.

The CDCgov recommendations wearing a mask. Why isn’t even one of you, including the President wearing masks? ABCWorldNews CBSNews cnn MSNBC FoxNews NewsHour BBCWorld CoverYourFace WearMaskStaySafe

MURDERER

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I suggest paper bags over their heads to protect the country

Not everyone has a fever when stricken with COVID 19🤞🤞🤞

No one wants to hear about journalist sob stories. When I was in college, the only people getting journalism degrees were the dumb kids. How about instead of trying to find ways to blame Chinese Kung Flu in Trump, start doing some actual work investigating China.

Pretend Trump does NOT EXIST!! Until he's really gone!!

Journalists are NOT the warriors — healthcare workers & first responders are!

This is why Trump won’t wear a mask. Everyone is screened prior to any contact...even if it’s distant. Us regular folks do not have that luxury. Try making him walk down any pubic street in a disguise. He wouldn’t do it without suiting up to protect himself against COVID

Stop airing this maniacs ramblings.

Journalists...?

Stop airing Trump's COVID-19 rallies!

Democrats are the enemies of every American.

Please get him off, he isn't making any damn sense! What total embarrassment! Put NicolleDWallace back on MSNBC!!!!!

Wow. Can the media get anymore self centered at this point? You. Are. Not. Hereos.

is utter garbage.. 😂

And a boatload of daily lies from the Orange Guy himself.

Thank you to all you journalists who report FreePress

...and a lying president....

He is so frightening. this man must be removed; he is a danger to all of humanity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With all of those fake reporters anything could be transmitted.

I saw some good news earlier but assumed it was a typo

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