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White House Press Corps Going Through the Motions

Bill1260 Wrote: Jan 15, 2013 7:45 AM
The photo on Drudge yesterday of the large video monitor in the back of the room with "I'll now answer some of your questions" said it all. The whole thing is kabuki theatre.
You know that old saying that there are no dumb questions? It's not true. I know. As a journalist, I've asked my share of stupid questions. Yet even in the context of my own shortcomings, I do not understand what the White House press corps is thinking during what passes for a news conference in the Obama White House.

Consider Monday's news conference. The last presser of President Barack Obama's first term spanned 53 minutes. Seven reporters asked questions -- after Obama called on them as if according to script. In his fashion, Obama answered a couple.

There's a law of verbal physics:...

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