Who Is This ‘Top Of Mind” For If Not The Press?

So amazing how many replies are “you in the media are the only ones who care.” Seem to recall a lot about the press being a vital component of a functioning democracy coming from...Trump opponents last year.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 11, 2021

Well, and FoxNews.

Trump literally mothballed the WH Press Briefing room and bragged about how press conferences were unneeded because he had Twitter. https://t.co/uVhRXjcMCC https://t.co/GY0RbByfqO

— Aaron Klemz (@aaronklemz) March 11, 2021

It would help to have a little more context, too:

Trump gave one (1) news conference his entire first year in office. It was a WWE-style spectacle where he insulted reporters for accurately covering the circumstances surrounding Michael Flynn's resignation. It was such a disaster that he didn't have another one for over a year. https://t.co/ENqqAdvdyt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 11, 2021

Should Biden emulate Trump? No, of course not. Am I, or anyone I know, counting the days until the first Presidential press conference and wondering why it's taking so long? No, of course not.

Maybe get back to me when it’s been a year.  Most of us have other concerns at the moment. And yes, the “Press” is enshrined in the Constitution; but “press conferences”?  Not so much.