Press briefings were The Two Minute hate for the media, but instead of a picture of Emmanuel Goldstein, they had the WH press secretary standing in.
The press is bummed out that Trump hasn't trotted someone out for the mainstream media to throw eggs/tomatoes at in 300 days. How dare he.
All these media circus events are not part of the Constitution, they aren't necessary, and they serve no other purpose besides giving the opposition party things to campaign on. I never understood the point in even giving these little media coffee talks, when skipping them seems to be so much simpler.