Sean Spicer

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appeared on “Good Morning America” Thursday, saying that he doesn’t think he did any lying while in the job. “I have not knowingly done anything to … do that, no,” he said, allowing that he had made some “mistakes” while in the post. 

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer won’t be parachuting into a paid contributor role with one of the big five networks, a prospect his reps have been shopping since his exit. “They won’t touch him,” an unnamed media executive said, with the story’s other anonymous sources citing Spicer’s “lack of credibility.” CNN had already passed on bringing Spicer on board. 

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer left the job amid a wave of journalistic criticism over his dishonesty and unavailability. The recent rehab of his image, notably with an onstage appearance at Sunday’s Emmys, has many of those same journalists in apoplexies of disbelief. To them, Philip Eli advises, “Unless he cures cancer, his celebrity appearances and appointments should be treated as a footnote to his overall story.”

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” got its best ratings in three months with the appearance of former Trump secretary Sean Spicer, grabbing a 2.1 rating/6 share in Nielsen households. It’s ABC’s best late night showing since Game 5 of the NBA Finals in mid-June. 

The lawyer for a Washington private investigator who is suing Fox News over its use of allegedly invented quotes in a news story advancing a bizarre conspiracy theory said Tuesday he will seek to depose President Trump and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer to question them over their roles in the affair.

Spicer’s decision appears to be linked to the appointment of a new White House communications director, New York financier Anthony Scaramucci. People with knowledge of the decision spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the personnel matter publicly.

The White House quickly took advantage Tuesday of the resignation of three CNN journalists over a retracted story about a Donald Trump Russian connection, with blistering presidential tweets and a media scolding at the afternoon press briefing. Conservative provocateur James O’Keefe piled on by releasing a video with a CNN producer caught on camera talking about the network’s Russia coverage being ratings-driven.

Trump’s relations with the media — never strong to begin with — have taken another sour turn with dwindling opportunities for on-camera engagement with the president’s representatives. The White House has appeared to adopt a communications strategy of dealing primarily with its base of supporters, as witnessed by Trump’s two interviews in the past week with Fox News Channel’s morning show, Fox & Friends.

The White House allowed press secretary Sean Spicer to be photographed Monday at his off-camera press briefing. It’s a loosening of recent restrictions on the spokesman’s daily briefing with reporters. Previously, media organizations were not allowed to take photos of the spokesman or broadcast video from the briefing.

The president of the White House Correspondents Association, Jeff Mason of Reuters, met with Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, on Thursday to discuss the issue to no avail.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer is leading a search for his own replacement on the briefing room podium as part of a larger plan to shake up the White House communications operation, according to two people with knowledge of the effort. Last week, Spicer and Reince Priebus, White House chief of staff, reached out to Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham about the role of press secretary and Daily Mail editor David Martosko about the role of communications director, according to a White House official.

The White House press corps vented frustration Monday with press secretary Sean Spicer for conducting off-camera briefings in place of the usual publicly broadcast briefings. Spicer conducted an off-camera briefing with reporters on Monday in which the press was told it could not film or broadcast audio of the proceedings. Spicer conducted the last on-camera briefing last Monday.

What’s the purpose of assembling 70 or so journalists (in a room that seats 49), and letting them ask questions that aren’t really answered? What’s the deal with not showing the White House’s public face to the public itself? Whose interest is served by this kind of non-exchange of non-information?

Several officials say White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is no longer expected to do a daily, on-camera briefing after Trump’s foreign trip, with Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders appearing behind the lectern more frequently.

The rumor mill in Washington is working overtime on how long White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will keep his job as the top spokesman of President Trump’s administration. The White House has been quick to push back against speculation that Spicer may be replaced but continues to battle reports that the president is considering a major staff shakeup and speculation that Trump is dissatisfied with Spicer’s performance.

Using Skype, the video-call app, the White House has extended the daily question-and-answer sessions for the first time to people in far-flung locales. The innovation, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in an interview, “has been very successful bringing in additional reporters beyond the Beltway.” Except that many of the people who have occupied the “Skype seat” aren’t reporters at all.

He is no match for The Young and the Restless. But he is beating The Bold and the Beautiful. Sean Spicer’s daily briefings, carried live by the major cable news networks, are drawing an average 4.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

The White House is ramping up its search for a new communications director in an effort to lighten the load of embattled White House press secretary Sean Spicer, multiple sources told CNN. A source familiar with internal communications said President Donald Trump is disappointed in Spicer’s performance during the first two weeks of the administration.

The devastating Saturday Night Live caricature of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer that aired over the weekend — in which a belligerent Spicer was spoofed by a gum-chomping, super soaker-wielding Melissa McCarthy in drag — did not go over well internally at a White House in which looks matter.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer pledged Monday to tell the truth in his new position while standing by his assertion about a record audience for the presidential inauguration. 

Now that Sean Spicer has been tapped for the job of President-elect Trump’s press secretary, Josh Earnest, the current man in the job, has a few tips for him. “Make sure you know where the president’s head’s at,” Earnest said, “because your ability to faithfully represent his point of view is critically important.”

Donald Trump has selected Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer to be his press secretary, his administration announced on today.

Sean Spicer, the Republican National Committee communications director, is a leading candidate to serve as White House press secretary under Donald Trump, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Several people are also in contention for the White House communications director role.