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On Tuesday, the Newseum was ground zero for a discussion on the the First Amendment, democracy, the Trump White House, and the press, from the people who are in the spotlight everyday. Panelists included current and former White House Press Secretaries led by Sean Spicer, Jen Palmieri, and Ari Fleischer, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Fahrenthold, and writers Glenn Thrush, Mike Allen, Michael Wolff, Charlie Spiering, David Kirkpatrick, and commentators like the legendary Bob Schieffer, Brian Stelter, Bret Baier, Greta Van Susteren, Kristen Welker, Julie Pace, Carrie Budoff Brown, and Cecilia Vega.
Press Secretary Sean Spicer made headlines by continuing his apology tour for comments he made in a press briefing Monday concerning the atrocities committed by Hitler and Assad saying, “I have let the president down,” and calling his comments “inexcusable.”
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Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway, in conversation with author Michael Wolff, graded the presidency so-far and gave it an “I” for incomplete, saying it was “Too early to tell,” what would happen.
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The New York Times’ Glenn Thrush, in a panel moderated by FOX’s Bret Baier, said, “The presidency shapes the president, not the other way around.” Breitbart’s Charlie Spiering said of senior advisor to Present Trump Steve Bannon that “[He] probably talks more to the New York Times these days than Breitbart.”
Schedule of the day’s events:
WELCOME
Jeffrey Herbst, President and CEO of the Newseum
SESSION 1: THE PRESS AS A WATCHDOG
Guest: David Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
SESSION 2: COMMUNICATING FOR THE PRESIDENT
Moderator: Mike Allen, Co-Founder and Executive Editor, Axios
Guests:
Ari Fleischer, Former White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush
Jennifer Palmieri, Former White House Communications Director for President Barack Obama
SESSION 3: CONVERSATION WITH WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SEAN SPICER
Moderator: Greta Van Susteren, MSNBC Anchor
Guest: Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary
SESSION 4: COVERING THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
Moderator: Bret Baier, Fox News Anchor
Guests:
Jim Acosta, White House Correspondent, CNN
Julie Pace, White House Correspondent, Associated Press; board member, White House Correspondents Association
Charlie Spiering, White House Correspondent, Breitbart News
Glenn Thrush, White House Correspondent, The New York Times
Kristen Welker, White House Correspondent, NBC News
SESSION 5: CONVERSATION WITH KELLYANNE CONWAY, COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT
Moderator: Michael Wolff, The Hollywood Reporter
Guest: Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President
SESSION 6: FUTURE OF NEWS IN A DIVIDED AND CONNECTED WORLD
Moderator: Brian Stelter, CNN
Guests:
Carrie Budoff Brown, Editor, Politico
David Kirkpatrick, journalist and author of “The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World”
Cecilia Vega, White House Correspondent, ABC News
SESSION 7: A LOOK TO THE FUTURE
Guest: Bob Schieffer, former CBS News Anchor
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