From Vox · Cameron Peters · · 1m 10s
How to lose a job in five days
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia lasted five days before being fired, making her the shortest-tenured press secretary in history.
In brief
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia lasted five days before being fired, making her the shortest-tenured press secretary in history. Katie Zacharia was fired as White House Press Secretary after five days, becoming the shortest-tenured press secretary in history. Originally reported by Vox.
Press secretary fired after five days
Katie Zacharia was fired on Friday after less than a week as White House Press Secretary, following a halting briefing room performance and a scandal over her legal credentials.
Shortest tenure in history
Zacharia's five days make her the shortest-tenured White House press secretary in history, outstripping Anthony Scaramucci, who lasted ten or eleven days before getting the boot.
Scaramucci breaks silence
Anthony Scaramucci posted on Friday: "Records are made to be broken. But I take no pleasure in other people's pain."
“Records are made to be broken. But I take no pleasure in other people's pain.”
Restricted press access
Zacharia's sole briefing on Tuesday took questions from just three outlets: Breitbart, Fox News, and the Daily Mail, as the White House tries to ban CNN, MSNBC, and Politico.
Crisis management failure
Zacharia's collapse shows a White House unable to spin itself out of crisis with weeks until the midterm elections, as Trump relies on flat-out lying about the economy.
Here's the gist
Katie Zacharia was fired as White House Press Secretary after five days, becoming the shortest-tenured press secretary in history.
