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‘Quite unusual’: Kaitlan Collins reacts to Katie Zacharia’s first WH briefing
President Donald Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia held her first media briefing from behind the White House podium on Tuesday. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins explains what she found “unusual” about the short briefing and former White House press secretary Joe Lockhart and CNN senior political analy
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Most outlets focus on Katie Zacharia’s first White House briefing and treat it as a live debut, with Reuters, AP, PBS, CNN, CBS and Al Jazeera simply marking the event, while Axios, Fox News and The Hill add that she is the new press secretary after Karoline Leavitt’s departure. Several outlets say the briefing was brief or unusual, especially NBC News, The Independent and CNN, and Washington Post says she called on Trump-friendly outlets. A separate line of coverage, led by NBC News, The Hill, ABC News, Axios and Washington Post, says Zacharia announced that the White House asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign; that detail appears only in those extracts.
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