(The Guardian) Fox News calls it 'really stunning' that Putin spoke first on US soil
Among those scrambling to make sense of the 12-minute news conference, at which no questions were taken before Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin departed, are Fox News producers and correspondents who had hyped this meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia as a summit of historic proportions, and one at which they would have exclusive access.
The network planned to broadcast an exclusive preview of the summit, recorded with Trump en route to Alaska on Air Force One, as the talks went on, to be followed by a second exclusive interview with the president, conducted by Sean Hannity immediately after the talks, to be broadcast during his 9pm show on Fox.
Those carefully laid plans were thrown into chaos by the briefness of both the talk and the news conference.
Jacqui Heinrich, a Fox White House correspondent, just noted in a live report from the conference room that what unfolded was very different from what Trump administration officials told reporters to expect. The idea, Heinrich said, was that there would be a news conference with the two leaders, and the opportunity to question them, if the talks went well, but if the talks did not go well, only Trump would appear and Putin would be sent packing.
“Neither of those things happened,” Heinrich noted. “And what was really stunning to me, as someone who has been in a lot of these press conferences, is there were a few things that were very unusual. You had Putin come out and address the press first. We are on US soil here.”
“The way that it felt in the room was not good,” Heinrich also said. “It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left.”
As Heinrich tried to make sense of what had taken place, the corner of the screen on Fox promoted Trump’s interview with Hannity, which is still scheduled to air at 9pm ET.
Putin also dominated the joint appearance in terms of speaking time. While the Russian leader spoke for about 8 minutes and 30 seconds, the US president was done in just under 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
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Among those scrambling to make sense of the 12-minute news conference, at which no questions were taken before Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin departed, are Fox News producers and correspondents who had hyped this meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia as a summit of historic proportions, and one at which they would have exclusive access.
The network planned to broadcast an exclusive preview of the summit, recorded with Trump en route to Alaska on Air Force One, as the talks went on, to be followed by a second exclusive interview with the president, conducted by Sean Hannity immediately after the talks, to be broadcast during his 9pm show on Fox.
Those carefully laid plans were thrown into chaos by the briefness of both the talk and the news conference.
Jacqui Heinrich, a Fox White House correspondent, just noted in a live report from the conference room that what unfolded was very different from what Trump administration officials told reporters to expect. The idea, Heinrich said, was that there would be a news conference with the two leaders, and the opportunity to question them, if the talks went well, but if the talks did not go well, only Trump would appear and Putin would be sent packing.
“Neither of those things happened,” Heinrich noted. “And what was really stunning to me, as someone who has been in a lot of these press conferences, is there were a few things that were very unusual. You had Putin come out and address the press first. We are on US soil here.”
“The way that it felt in the room was not good,” Heinrich also said. “It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left.”
As Heinrich tried to make sense of what had taken place, the corner of the screen on Fox promoted Trump’s interview with Hannity, which is still scheduled to air at 9pm ET.
Putin also dominated the joint appearance in terms of speaking time. While the Russian leader spoke for about 8 minutes and 30 seconds, the US president was done in just under 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
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