It's also an "in-your-face" presence for the press, because writers in CNN posted an article without basic fact-checking making spurious accusations involving Scaramucci easily refuted with simple evidence.

It's a not so subtle reminder to reporters that next time you go after Trump, triple check and verify your claims if you want to keep your job, because three journalists were fired when they forgot to vet their source carefully.

This is an administration that has chosen to war with the main stream press precisely because they saw that the more they mock reporters, the more their entrenched base cheer them on.

You can't help but wonder if CNN and others are playing directly into this devious plan of redirection.  By keeping focus on the war with the press, the actual tough problems they are supposed to solve won't get as much attention.

I wonder why those responsible for Iraq, Libya, Syria are not fired for their wrong WMD intelligence assessments.  The CIA swamp needs draining.