Post by @maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza

@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza

2026-09-21 20:30 UTC

@adavid@aus.social @MissConstrue@mefi.social The whole reason the pool exists is that doing live coverage of the president is a nontrivial operation. You can't just drop in a substitute at the last minute. If CNN isn't there and none of the others will cover the spot, there's no broadcast.

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@MissConstrue@mefi.social 2026-09-21 20:52

@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza @adavid@aus.social Exactly so. The way the pool works is that each team (network) takes a week, and during that week, the video/audio they capture is used by the entire pool. This is to avoid a scrum of cameras and boom mics, as they are big, cumbersome and very very expensive. So, while the WH does have Eva Jr out there with her iphone or whatever, that cannot come anywhere near to the production quality of a full rig. Print media is still following him, as is radio...for a given value of radio. But he does not have the ability to stand in front of cameras and bluster, because the video cameras have gone home. I think Sinclair said they would send a crew, but I don't think they even have the equipment to do it, and they don't have a national feed, so?

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