New Press Briefing Room Cameras

Newly installed cameras in the White House Press Briefing Room capture the podium action and frame shots of the press gallery. C.J. spots their angle including the magazine seats and directs a rearrangement to fill empty chairs on broadcast, dodging poor optics. Mitch confronts her over the shift, reading it as a slight against print media.

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S4E10 · Arctic Radar

Containment by Spin: Shehab Tests, APEC Tease, and Routine Resignations

Newly installed cameras frame both the podium and gallery, prompting C.J. to rearrange seating and magazines to avoid empty-frame optics; their presence is the explicit justification for the seating change and an instrument of control.

Before: Installed and active, capturing briefing angles that include parts of the gallery.

After: Remain active, having influenced seating arrangements and heightened press sensitivity to visual framing.

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S4E10 · Arctic Radar

Podium Politics — Mitch Confronts C.J.

New cameras in the briefing room are the explicit justification C.J. gives for moving the magazine seats — their framing of the gallery creates pressure to fill visible empty chairs and thus drives the staging decision that provokes Mitch.

Before: Recently installed and actively framing parts of the gallery as well as the podium.

After: Continue to frame the gallery; remain the technical cause cited for the seating change.

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