Katie Zacharia Is Fired After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary

31 pointsposted 7 hours ago
by mikelgan
(nytimes.com)

10 Comments

toomuchtodo

7 hours ago

Half of a Scaramucci!

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jacquesm

7 hours ago

Hehe, that's exactly what I thought. It's going to be very hard to beat this one.

mft_

6 hours ago

:)

He was lightheartedly discussing this on the podcast he shares with Katty Kay the other day.

I suspect a Scaramucci is too well embedded by now, and Ms. Zacharia is otherwise too unknown. His legacy is probably safe!

jacquesm

5 hours ago

Of course. He had twice as long to get his name out there. There probably is an optimum. What was the name of that previous press secretary again, the one before half a Scaramucci?

pmdulaney

6 hours ago

Some people's brains semi turn off when they speak in front of a crowd. I would say that there was some hubris involved -- not on her part but on Trump's. Ten hours of training probably would have made all the difference. There is perhaps an unconscious sense that exceptionally attractive people are also exceptional in their skills.

pirates

6 hours ago

Exceptionally attractive is not the phrase many would use to describe her. I think a particular person likes this particular look and that’s as much thought that goes into it.

mono442

4 hours ago

do people really write '--' if they want to write an em dash or has the comment been just generated by an ai?

pmdulaney

2 hours ago

Call it a dumb post if you like, but I've never used AI to write for me.