Skype debuts at White House press briefings

Washington

THE debut of virtual seats in the White House briefing room on Wednesday delivered on the promise of new perspectives - but also showed how the Trump administration could use the inclusion of remote questioners to its advantage.

Nine days after White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that media briefings would soon feature four of what he called "Skype seats", the first journalists to join a Q&A session via video link included local television reporters from Rhode Island and Ohio, a conservative radio host from Oregon who endorsed US President Donald Trump during the campaign and…