Sketches of White House press briefing released

"In a flawless world, the Trump White House would provide daily press briefing - a daily on-camera, on-the-record press briefing", said Sam Nunberg, a former Trump campaign aide, The Hill reports.

While some voices at conservative media outlets have criticised the sketch session, CNN is arguing that it "did serve a journalistic goal, in the same way that courtroom sketches do".

Some conservative media voices dismissed it as a stunt, but CNN argued that the sketch session did serve a journalistic objective, in the same way that courtroom sketches do.

Notice how he towers over the podium in the sketch whereas in reality it wouldn't be uncalled for the get him a little step stool. "The idea is to paint a picture for viewers who couldn't be in the room". "I wouldn't read everything that you see in some of these Washington-based publications". He has covered a wide range of cases, including the Clinton impeachment proceedings, terror suspect trials, and Guantanamo Bay detainee hearings. This shouldn't come as a surprise as Hennessy typically bears witness to the comings and going of the United States Supreme Court, a characteristically press-averse governmental body that rigorously controls what reporters are and aren't allowed to visually or aurally record.

There is little trust these days between the White House news media and the Trump communications office, which has exacerbated tension above the usual jockeying for access.

The Trump administration, which has a largely adversarial relationship with the media, has been restricting coverage of the White House press briefing of late, either by not holding it every day, or by banning cameras and sometimes even audio coverage.

Spicer and his deputy Sarah Huckabee Sanders have only held four on-camera briefings in June.

The ban on recording devices aside, reporters found the 30-minute session to be fruitless, with Spicer evading nearly every question, claiming he hadn't spoken to the president on many issues the reporters wanted to address.

Answers from Spicer are now shorter, and in off-camera briefings, reporters are frequently prohibited from recording audio as the administration seeks to tailor its message toward policy, instead of the Russian Federation investigation, The Hill reports. On Thursday and Friday, CNN aired the briefing audio in its entirety shortly after it ended.

Asked Friday about off-camera briefings, Spicer showed no sign of relenting.

"I think the fact is that Spicer has become the story and a point of ridicule too often, which seems to be particularly upsetting to President Trump".