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    Covering the White House when the media is the 'enemy'

    On Saturday, President Trump started to make nice with agents at CIA headquarters, but quickly turned to insulting the news media as "among the most dishonest human beings on Earth." Press Secretary Sean Spicer followed up with a bitter attack of his own.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 24, 2017 • 1 min read

    On Saturday, President Trump started to make nice with agents at CIA headquarters, but quickly turned to insulting the news media as "among the most dishonest human beings on Earth." Press Secretary Sean Spicer followed up with a bitter attack of his own. But yesterday — at his first official White House news briefing — Spicer gave a kinder, gentler account of his position.

    Jay Rosen, media critic, writer and Professor of Journalism at New York University, provides some perspective.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Jay Rosen

      New York University

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    3 of 3
    Trump budget tries to square cuts and spending
    1. 1:23Trump signs orders on Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines
    2. 7:57Cutting, squeezing, trimming -- and spending
    3. 41:31Covering the White House when the media is the 'enemy'You’re reading this
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