Their intimate relationship and access to the President means they can capture unique images ordinary press photographers can’t. ibid.
President Nixon severely restricted his press photographer, Ollie Atkins. On the night of his resignation speech to the nation, before the television broadcast began, the President had this ultimate and most revealing exchange with Atkins: ‘Have you got an extra camera in case the lights go out? Olly? No. Only the CBS crew now is to be in this room during this – only the crew. No. No. There will be no picture.’ ibid.
Well this has been lovely but I was due at the White House five minutes ago … The Comic Strip Presents s5e5: Demonella, devil’s visit to mother and son, 1993
If he [Trump] was a racist, why would he have moved into a black man’s house? Sacha Baron Cohen: Who is America? V, Billy Wayne, Channel 4 2018
July 2007: Satellite images capture an unusual large structure on the White House grounds just south of the West Wing. According to the White House it was nothing more than a utility upgrade. But over the next five years, the mystery would only deepen. What’s inside or beneath that white box may just be the tip of the iceberg holding clues to a bigger mystery that’s been evolving for two hundred years. Secret History of the White House, History 2019
Yet below the ceremonial rose garden, under the Oval Office, beneath its shiny white facade, lies a mystery which this white box may be hiding from the public. ibid.
2010: Almost overnight a large fence is erected around the West Wing … These photos taken by the press corps point to something big … ‘The White House Big Dig.’ ibid.
They spare no expense on security. ibid.
2012: The Big Dig seemingly ends and no-one at the White House ever mentions it again. ibid.
The mysterious White Box that was there for four years disappears. ibid.
Rumours of hidden passageways beneath the White House. ibid.
The White House was rebuilt on the exact same spot as the original plans. ibid.
The Home itself was still largely accessible. ibid.
In 2018 a mysterious sink hole began spreading across the White House lawn. ibid.