Big changes are coming to the White House press corps, Reince Priebus suggested in an appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. Starting with daily press briefings:
"I think that it’s important that we look at all of those traditions that are great, but quite frankly, as you know, don’t really make news and they're just sort of mundane, boring episodes," Priebus said. [...]
Priebus said the White House team is currently discussing how to change things up, including where the press sits in the White House briefing room.
You really can’t say White House press briefings never make news—remember Jeff Gannon? If they’re looking to change the seating chart and increase the amount of news made by the daily briefing, though, putting Breitbart News and Stormfront in the front row should help.
Obviously something about their changes will be necessary—because Obama:
Though Priebus suggested that assigned seats in the front row started with President Barack Obama's administration, the tradition of assigned seats at least in the first couple rows began in Ronald Reagan's administration.
Way to stick it to The Man, by changing seating assignments and blaming them on Obama. That’s some profound and fundamental change right there.
Here’s the thing: Priebus is (unusually) not wrong about the White House daily press briefing being boring and not making news. That said, it’s absurd to think that we should trust big changes to a president who hasn’t had a press conference since July and recently announced a major decision via two tweets while canceling a scheduled press conference because he was so busy—on the same day he had an important policy meeting with Kanye West.