India, Sept. 22 -- Washington is grappling with an extraordinary shift in executive communications as the White House launches its own 24-hour YouTube streaming channel, dubbed Trump TV, amid a total network boycott. While administration officials champion the direct feed as unvarnished transparency, critics and media watchdogs have sharply bashed the platform as an unedited stream of consciousness that bypasses traditional journalistic standards and institutional oversight.
The digital rollout comes directly on the heels of an unprecedented blackout by major US television networks, which suspended shared pool coverage after the administration revoked press credentials for journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico.
In place of curated br...