OPINION: Media struggle when Trump actually makes news
The Trump administration’s efforts to make policy and govern while also dealing with its own internal West Wing drama has news media careening, almost daily, down two separate tracks.
Such distractions have burdened all presidencies, but rarely for so long and with such intensity as has been the case since President Donald Trump’s first day in office. A vivid example occurred Wednesday, providing a test of media judgment as well as the president’s ability to manage his message.
Early in the day, Trump met with leaders of Congress and stunned many in the room and those watching on TV by stating support for gun control measures long opposed by many Republicans and the NRA. In the afternoon, that news seemed to be eclipsed — depending, perhaps, on what sort of glasses you wore to view the eclipse — by the resignation of Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and a key Trump confidant.