Communications and spin-room ethics: C.J./the White House communications team resisting the temptation to immediately exploit Bartlet's debate moment for partisan gain, versus the operational imperative to secure media traction (recruiting/conditioning...
Communications and spin-room ethics: C.J./the White House communications team resisting the temptation to immediately exploit Bartlet's debate moment for partisan gain, versus the operational imperative to secure media traction (recruiting/conditioning a Republican surrogate, Albie Duncan).
Events in This Arc
During a routine press-room rollout — playbooks distributed, surrogates assigned, and schedules set — Toby pulls C.J. aside with the destabilizing news that Bennett will spin for Ritchie. The mood …
On Air Force One, C.J. runs Albie Duncan through the brutal mechanics of the post-debate spin room, insisting on a tight, politically useful answer even as Albie insists on the …
On Air Force One, C.J. runs a nervous, practical briefing for Albie Duncan — demystifying the post-debate ‘spin room,’ coaching him away from doctrinal complexity into a transmissible line, and …