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FORMER WHITE HOUSE press secretary Sean Spicer says he quit his post to avoid a situation in which there would be “too many cooks in the kitchen”.
Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News in his first interview since his dramatic resignation yesterday, a smiling Spicer said that Donald Trump hadn’t wanted him to resign, and that the president had been “unbelievably gracious” (“he’s always thinking of other people”) throughout the process.
“I just think it was in the best interest of our press organisation to not have too many cooks in the kitchen,” Spicer said when asked what had brought about his resignation.
I wanted to move on to give Anthony (Scaramucci, the new White House communications director) and Sarah (Huckabee Sanders, Spicer’s successor) that clear lane in their respective areas.
While stressing that his leaving the administration was in no way acrimonious, Spicer did take the opportunity to lash the ‘fake news media’ for its ‘obsession’ with the Russia investigation that has dogged Trump’s presidency from the start.
“I was increasingly disappointed in how so many members of the members here in the media do their job, or rather, don’t do their job. The bias which they come from it at,” he said.
The majority of folks that are now in this – in the briefing room, that are going into journalism. They’re not there for the facts and the pursuit of the truth. Rather, they’re trying to figure out, how do I get on TV, how do I become a YouTube star. And that’s disappointing.
Asked if he had been considering his position for some time, Spicer responded flatly “no”.
The now resigned press secretary also gave his opinion on comedian Melissa McCarthy’s by now infamous impression of him as a hapless figure with anger management issues on Saturday Night Live.
“I’m a prankster, so I like a good joke,” he said.
When it’s funny it’s funny, you need to laugh at yourself. I think there were a couple of parts of it (SNL) that were funny, but a lot of it was over the line and wasn’t funny, it was stupid or silly or malicious.
There are times when it goes from funny to mean. But you have to have a thick skin if you’re going to do this.
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Genuine question, is there anywhere else that allows comments on Irish stories?
Reddit Ireland or Boards.ie seem to be the only ones. Alot if people want to know real opinions on stories. The journal clearly is abandoning comments.
@:Hahaha,real opinions, coming from the likes of you is it,hahaha. I’ve never seen more deluded muppets on any Web site more than I have in my short time here.
Children’s hospitals in Ireland not as busy as children’s hospitals in Gaza, thankfully!:
@: who cares about comments?? Write a a letter to the editor like we used to do. What a snowflake. What an entitled, privileged fck.
@Tom Dillon: @Tom Dillon: tom trolled me. Therefore I am trolling you back tom. Good luck making a comment on any article in the next week. You state: ‘who cares about comments’, yet you are commenting on multiple posts within a short space of time. I comment once every 2 weeks, however for the next week I will be commenting on every one of your posts to highlight your trolling. After that I will go back to commenting casually as per previous.
I agree with you. The journal was enjoyable because of the comments. There is an article just released on the Beatles and that has closed comments. Makes no sense.
Poor children getting sick like that.
@C O’H: This place is gone to the dogs. Can’t even comment on the Beatles getting to number 1.
@C O’H: enjoyable because of the comments. Wow It’s a news platform. You can billow your comments down the pub
@Tom Dillon: why are you then commenting tom?? Off to the pub with you. I’m sure the locals in your pub would say ‘oh no look who just walked in’.
Is it me or is everyone getting hysterical over every illness now?
@Anna Carr (Morrigan_Dubh): Not fair to comment on sick children in this manner Anna. It is a very serious life threatening respiratory infection. Parents of those sick children may be reading these comments following reading the article, as it relates to their child. Could you please be kind.
@Anna Carr (Morrigan_Dubh): Where’s the hysteria? It clearly says in the article that the majority of children will recover without treatment, but it rightly highlights the fact that it can cause serious complications for small babies and children with underlying issues. What’s wrong with educating people on this?
Ringo might sue them.
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