Press Ethics and Access — The recurring tension between C.J./the White House and reporters (notably Danny Concannon): flirtation, off‑the‑record negotiations, and reporters' drive for scoops create continual friction about what can be controlled.
Press Ethics and Access — The recurring tension between C.J./the White House and reporters (notably Danny Concannon): flirtation, off‑the‑record negotiations, and reporters' drive for scoops create continual friction about what can be controlled.
Events in This Arc
Danny drops by C.J.'s office under the familiar cover of flirtation, pressing her for dinner while she tries to hide behind urgent work — notably a volatile sex‑education report. Their …
C.J. stops at Danny's desk in the press room to test whether their conversation is truly off the record, but the exchange quickly becomes a battleground of boundaries. Danny flirts …
Late at night in the press room C.J. sits on the back steps weighing how far she'll push to shape the White House narrative — whether to prompt the Lydells, …