(US, journalism, politics) An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
🔥 Trump Claim: “Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.” 📉 Rated: False 🗓️ stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle: 🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/28/donal…
He has not answered any questions with specifics; just platitudes. Rubio is just performer. What’s wrong with this press gaggle?
(US, journalism, politics) An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
“🔥 Trump Claim: “Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.” 📉 Rated: False 🗓️ stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle: 🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/28/donald-trump/Harvard-University-international-students-report/”
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(figurative) Any suppression of freedom of speech.
(legal) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
(US, politics, journalism) An event at which a politician is made available for questioning by the media.
A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
Wow, this morning's Oval Office press gaggle is the gift that keeps on giving.
(rare) A noisy crowd of journalists.
When he returned to his hometown in Kansas over the weekend, the press gaggle made it difficult for Hart to circulate among several hundred people from Ottawa who turned out to meet him at a reception.
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