"Trump Suggests He Could Handle Press Briefings Instead Of Sean Spicer" by Michael Calderone5/12/2017 This article reports Trumps claim that he should handle press briefings himself. The author summarizes an interview between Trump and Fox News' Jeanine Pirro, where Trump said the statement. The style of diction used is formal and refrains from portraying the author's political views too much. The author does claim that Trump was frustrated with the media for covering "the fact" that he contradicted claims by The White House about Comey's firing. This create's a critiquing tone towards Trump, which adds on to the formal tone of the article. The author uses appeals to the audience's credibility by using statement's from Jeff Mason and Peter Alexander. These statements help the author's argument that Trump's offering to decrease the amount of press conferences or cancel them entirely is unconstitutional. The purpose of this article is to spread the idea of how Trump canceling the press conferences can be a real problem to our ability to question our nation's leaders.
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