The Camera Doesn't Lie: What I Saw at the Bartlett White House by Ron Burkhalt

Sam Seaborn thrusts crisp copies across the Roosevelt Room table, glossy covers emblazoned with Ron Burkhalt's incendiary title glaring under fluorescent lights; pages rustle as Ginger flips indexes to parcel chapters among Josh, C.J., Ed, and Larry, staff fingers gripping the weighty volumes while skepticism clashes with resolve, dissecting fired photographer's sabotage stroke by stroke.

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Purpose

Serves as tell-all exposé leveling accusations against the Bartlet administration, prompting systematic debunking to preempt media fallout.

Significance

Catalyzes war room frenzy, forging staff unity against political sabotage; its chapter-by-chapter assault demands preemptive credibility strike, exposing fractures in reputation amid buffoonish author's looming threat.

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S3E10 · H. Con-172

Sam Rallies Staff to Launch War Room Against Burkhalt's Tell-All

Sam thrusts multiple crisp copies of 'The Camera Doesn't Lie: What I Saw at the Bartlett White House by Ron Burkhalt' onto the Roosevelt Room table, naming it explicitly as staff grip and skim them; it serves as the incendiary catalyst, dissected for credibility attacks, transforming betrayal into a tactical battleground that unites the team against narrative sabotage.

Before: Newly acquired copies in Sam's possession, unread in full

After: Distributed among staff for chapter assignments, actively being indexed and noted for debunking

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