INTERVIEW – JOE CONCHA – Media Reporter, The Hill – discussed the media coverage of the Covington Catholic story and White House press briefings.

• ON TODAY show: SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: “Do you feel from this experience that you owe anybody an apology? Do you see your own fault in any way?” NICK SANDMANN: I had every right to stand there…I respect him… looking back, I would have walked away
• Savannah Guthrie Tweet Got Ratio’d Hard… Bluecheck Lefties Are Furious That The Kid Got An Interview At All…
• WAPO Gives Covington Catholic Story The ‘CONSERVATIVES POUNCE’ Treatment:  A viral story spread. The mainstream media rushed to keep up. The Trump Internet pounced.
• Trump: I told Sarah Sanders to stop holding press briefings because media covers her “rudely” / President Trump on Tuesday said he directed White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to stop holding regular briefings, citing unfair treatment by the news media.  — Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump  The reason Sarah Sanders does not go to the “podium” much anymore is that the press covers her so rudely & inaccurately, in particular certain members of the press. I told her not to bother, the word gets out anyway! Most will never cover us fairly & hence, the term, Fake News! 10:28 AM – Jan 22, 2019
• White House Correspondents’ Association statement on White House briefings: “This retreat from transparency and accountability sets a terrible precedent.”