• ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    49 minutes ago

    Stupid motherfucker didn’t realize that away from the podium, it’s not the White House providing the audio tech:

    As part of pool coverage, each network takes a daily turn supplying a camera operator, an audio technician and a producer or reporter. While the technical crew records the president, the producer or reporter coordinates the live feed by phone, taking notes and asking questions.

    Thus, as anyone could have told him would happen:

    Trump’s first live event on Monday with no TV press pool — a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his new helipad — was livestreamed to the White House website. However, Trump’s remarks were indiscernible throughout the video; the helicopter’s loud noise completely drowned out his voice.

    For someone to whom attention is mother’s milk, this is possibly one of the biggest own goals imaginable: without a major network providing audio support, no one can hear anything he says now.