# Being disrespectful during White House Press conferences **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 18, 2018, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-disrespectful-during-white-house-press-conferences/812624 "2018-04-18T08:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-disrespectful-during-white-house-press-conferences/812624/21 "2018-04-19T01:25:40Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Not true. > I’ve had it for months now, even more than from 2000-2008. **Moderator Note** Let’s keep the political cracks out of General Questions. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-disrespectful-during-white-house-press-conferences/812624/22 "2018-04-19T22:28:17Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > … when they put out fake bullshit and lies. Isn’t “fake bullshit” logically the truth or is that just semantics? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-disrespectful-during-white-house-press-conferences/812624/23 "2018-04-19T22:33:45Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Isn’t “fake bullshit” logically the truth or is that just semantics? **Moderator Note** Let’s not ask a poster to comment further on a post that he was warned for. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-disrespectful-during-white-house-press-conferences/812624/24 "2018-04-20T02:47:01Z")
> [@Uniqueorn](#): > > …I was wondering whether they are behaving so civilly because of potential penalties. They have to work in that town, they are expect to respect the office if not the man, and they don’t need to dis the President face to face, they can do that in their columns. We’ve seen this over the years in the briefings; they are definitely treated as privileges, not rights. All that being said, I do like that US reporters are getting a bit feistier, like their BBC colleagues, and pointing out specific contradictions in some interviews, though not at press briefings. > [@Colibri](#): > > **Moderator Note** > Let’s not ask a poster to comment further on a post that he was warned for. > Colibri > General Questions Moderator I really tried to delete the insulting portion in the post. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-disrespectful-during-white-house-press-conferences/812624/25 "2018-04-20T06:36:26Z")
> [@j666](#): > > All that being said, I do like that US reporters are getting a bit feistier, like their BBC colleagues, and pointing out specific contradictions in some interviews, though not at press briefings. IIRC fairly recently when press secretary Sarah Sanders dodged a question the next person allowed to ask a question deferred and kicked it back to the person who just had their question dodged. Hopefully the White House press corps does more of this (and not just with this administration…dodging questions is an age old practice for the press secretary). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-disrespectful-during-white-house-press-conferences/812624.md?page=1)