March 29-2009:
Press Conference Attendees MUST Never Be Pre-selected!
I have been following the manner in which president Obama conducts his meet the press face ups. And have seen how he calls on reporters who are already on some list he has on the podium.
Well, if this is the preferred method of holding Press Conferences, then there can be no spontaneous questions, some of which may be very necessary or essential, for viewers not present there, to have asked on their behalf.
And it also subscribes to the view that everyone must at least get a fair chance at asking the Commander In Chief, and our elected representative in The White House, any question he/she feel needs to be asked.
If there is a preference for certain reporter's questions over others, that infers favoritism, and MUST never be allowed to continue.
Therefore, I call upon president Barack H. Obama, and his White House Press Secretary, Chief Whip, and all those responsible for arranging meetings with the press, to CEASE making pre-selected choices for questions, and OPEN the floor for questions from anyone who is qualified to be, there as a reporter in the people's interests.
Derryck.
NYC.
comments@whitehouse.gov
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