Sean Spicer has battled the mainstream media by calling on smaller outlets

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Not unlike cable disrupted the big three news networks in the 1980s, to a smaller extent Sean Spicer has shifted the media landscape in his first three weeks as White House press secretary.

Rather than call on major networks like his predecessors, the White House press secretary regularly fields questions from less prominent outlets. And if rumors are true about Spicer losing his job, the shakeup could prove his most lasting legacy.

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