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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
So much for the unscripted open questions. Not that I am shocked. Bush probably did it as well. Reminds me of the famous stories about never calling on Helen "The Wicked Witch" Thomas.
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Where in the article does it suggest that the questions were pre-screened or scripted?
I dont get the story here.
Pre-selecting reporters? So what. This has little or nothing to do with transparency
In a national press conference with a hundred+ reporters in the room, you dont want to open it up to the possibility of questions about local issues by the reporters from Dubuque or Peoria.
There is a reason why the network guys, the cable guys, the big dailies always get the questions...and Helen!
But the questions are not pre-screened.
Town meetings are for both local and national consumption, not national press conferences, and unlike the Bush administration, these have not been pre-screened for the make-up of the audience or questions.