Katie Zacharia’s five days as press secretary expose flaws in Trump’s TV-driven hiring

🔴 Why This Matters - It reveals how TV-driven hiring decisions create chaos and instability in critical White House communications roles.

The president reportedly chose Zacharia after seeing her on television, but her first press briefing and disastrous interviews sealed her fate And so Katie Zacharia joins the mayfly ranks of Liz Truss, Anthony Scaramucci , New Coke, CNN+ and Quibi. To say she burned twice as bright and half as long would be too kind. She went out like a firework on a soggy night. The White House confirmed on Friday that Zacharia is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/20

Source: The Guardian

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