(05-11-2017 04:16 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-11-2017 09:35 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  And to compound my point, the photo and video above are not provided by the single WH photo who is hired to document the POTUS. They were provided by multiple media outlets that were allowed in for these exact moments - when the POTUS is meeting with dignitaries.


But yeah, keep bending over backwards. It's quite impressive how far back you're willing to go at this point.

Impressive how far you and others are willing to go (bending over backwards) to cast shade on the President.

The photo quite clearly says screen shot.

The video was when reporters were invited in to hear the results of the meeting.

When reporters are invited in, it is to do their job, not the job of the White House staff.

Neither was a "handshake shot". Neither will end up on the shakee's wall.

If all you want are commemorative handshake shots, you don't need to throw the door open and ask "Who wants to take a picture for us".

Which photo says screenshot? If you're talking about the photo with the Russian rep, it is from the Russia state media rep who was let into the Oval Office (who apparently at the time was not actually identified as such - the WH only learned about that after Russian media published it).

And you're right about the timing of those photos, but I was using those to counter your argument that the media was not brought in for photo shoots. Stop moving the goal post.

My original comment was about how strange it was that Russian media was allowed into a meeting and American media was not. To me, it would be strange to favor a foreign country's media over our own. It turns out, that happened because the Russians lied about who the photographer was and tricked the WH.