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As the article says, a President can conduct a press conference anyway he/she wants.
WSJ Link
What I find interesting is that an assertion of openness in this administration is really not present. By preselecting who gets to ask questions, it has the potential to intimidate other reporters or at least those reporters not priviledged to be allowed to ask a question from really digging in and finding out the facts. Being critical of the President could get you a one-way ticket to a seat in the corner.
Instead, we have a situation where the reporters who do get selected are those who will treat teh President with "kid gloves" not necessarily asking tough, pointed questions. In other words, we get only the favorable side of the story at a press conference or rather the side that Obama wants out without the opportunity for real questioning.
WSJ Link
What I find interesting is that an assertion of openness in this administration is really not present. By preselecting who gets to ask questions, it has the potential to intimidate other reporters or at least those reporters not priviledged to be allowed to ask a question from really digging in and finding out the facts. Being critical of the President could get you a one-way ticket to a seat in the corner.
Instead, we have a situation where the reporters who do get selected are those who will treat teh President with "kid gloves" not necessarily asking tough, pointed questions. In other words, we get only the favorable side of the story at a press conference or rather the side that Obama wants out without the opportunity for real questioning.