White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers a question during the daily briefing at the White House in December in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)Media criticFor a just-published profile of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the New Yorker’s Paige Williams got spotty cooperation. As it turns out, Sanders treats profile writers much the way she treats the press in her increasingly rare briefings. Writes Williams: “Sanders may accept that she can’t control the questions she is asked, but she nevertheless tries to take control of every exchange. As if Trump’s predecessors in the White House were imperfect to the same degree as 45.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2018 17:03 UTC