Press Briefings Quotes

I covered the White House during the Bush years when Ari Fleischer, Scott McClellan and Dana Perino were at the podium. We thought those were, at times, crazy press briefings, asking questions about major events like the Iraq War and the leaking of Valerie Plame's name and the outing of her as a CIA operative.

I would love to interview Sean Spicer.

In politics, you don’t have to love the press; you don’t even have to like the press, but you sure as hell have to feed the press.

I would never say, as a member of the press, that there should be fewer press briefings. The more access, the better, no matter who is there or what's going on.

All my stories were usually titled, 'White House Says,' 'President Bush Wants,' and I relied on transcripts from the briefings. I relied on press releases that were sent to the press for the purpose of accurately portraying what the White House believed or wanted.

Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors.

When Trump took office, it didn't matter if you'd covered the White House for 10 years or 10 minutes. No one knew what to expect. We would be told about press conferences a few minutes before.

One of the principles of White House coverage is that a wide variety of news outlets should be represented at briefings and press conferences.

I am a member of that small, little group that covers - I'm a member of the White House correspondents association. I go to the White House every day.

It's not like I just have to go to Washington and go to the White House everyday, and go to the same press conference at 10 in the morning and then be briefed at 4 in the afternoon, and then get a story on at 6.

When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.

People don't realize there's a whole separate entrance to the White House for journalists.

Sean Spicer gives press briefings like someone is going through his browser history while he watches.