CNN Reporter: White House Doesn't Want Its 'Evasive Answers' On Tape

Esme Cribb · Monday, June 19, 2017, 2:53 pm

CNN’s senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta on Monday said the White House is barring recording equipment from its daily press briefings so that its “evasive answers” to reporters’ questions will not be documented on tape.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s daily briefing on Monday was off-camera, with no broadcast or audio recording allowed. Acosta tweeted updates from the briefing, as well as some commentary of his own.

The Spicer off-camera/no audio gaggle has begun. I can't show you a pic of Sean. So here is a look at some new socks I bought over the wknd pic.twitter.com/wO9erspwYa

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

Spicer on #wherearethetapes – "It's possible we will have an answer to that at the end of the week."

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

Spicer says fate of "dreamers" remains up in the air: "DACA is something that is ongoing."

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

Spicer still can't say whether POTUS believes in climate change

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

At off camera no audio briefing, Spicer took a question from a Russian reporter but not from CNN. #pravda

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

.@Acosta asks what's the point of having no cameras/mics in here if Spicer still won't answer us.

— Jared Rizzi (@JaredRizzi) June 19, 2017

Make no mistake about what we are all witnessing. This is a WH that is stonewalling the news media. Hiding behind no camera/no audio gaggles

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

There is a suppression of information going on at this WH that would not be tolerated at a city council mtg or press conf with a state gov.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

Call me old fashioned but I think the White House of the United States of America should have the backbone to answer questions on camera.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 19, 2017

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