Wait and see what, exactly? A self-proclamed "war" with the media, and taking zero questions on day 1 of the administration is enough for me. The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. That makes me disinclined to "wait and see".
To have a Press Secretary berate the press corp and demand they fall in line whilst simultaneously flat out lying is pretty extraordinary and very concerning. It's something straight out of 1984 and has Bannon's fingerprints all over it.
Video from Fox News Sunday panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsV305yfG2o
As, incidentally, have former Press Secretaries of both parties.
That's part of what gets me, really.
If this were another administration, people would celebrate this as something progressive and new. However, it's Trump, so it must automatically be terrible, regardless of the reasons put forth for this thing (which sound good and "progressive", honestly).
People aren't willing to even give it a chance before condemning it.
Of course people should be skeptical, especially since previous behavior has clearly lent reason to be skeptical... however, we shouldn't become jaded and start to view everything new from this administration as automatically bad or full of ulterior motives.
No, berating the press corps for failing to fall in line while spouting outright lies would not be seen as "progressive" under a different President. While this administration's manifestation has been correctly been called unprecedented in modern American history, that's a matter of degree; a lesser form was seen in the waning days of the Nixon Administration as the siege mentality during the Watergate scandal had taken hold, and that wasn't seen as progressive either.
(Maybe you meant this as a comment on the Skype seats, but if so it has nothing to do with the post you respond see to or the part you quoted.)
Sounds very scientific. Except when change happens.
But that's the point, isn't it? The "best predictor" bit means that the "Except" clause usually doesn't happen.