Hire me, then fire me.
Yes, you can fire me after my one and only appearance in the White House briefing room, during which I will calmly ask the President one question none of your other journalists will apparently ask.
I’m sure the WH will escort me out immediately, and that’s fine. Probably safer for me to avoid time spent around people not wearing masks.
You can claim you didn’t know who hired me, or how I got the credentials.
You can say that my comments don't reflect your position.
You’ll never have to pay me, because I’ll only be on the job for ten minutes.
Your career journalists, my would-be colleagues for like ten minutes, will get to keep their jobs and big salaries.
I’ll ask the question for them. The question that either “decorum” or fear prevents them from asking.
If I had a chance to ask the President one question, it would be something like this:
“Americans are dying. What in God’s name is wrong with you?”
And if Pence was standing beside him, I’m pretty sure I’d ask him about the 25th amendment.
If you had a chance to ask him one question on live TV, what would you ask?