Presidential Pressers By Bellantoni's Count...

By WashTimes’ reporter Christina Bellantoni’s count… President Obama has taken 88 questions during news conferences since Election Day, 62 of which were during the transition (in 15 pre-Inauguration Day news conferences).

Here’s the breakdown by organization (15 transition news conferences,plus 2 presidential pressers):

Seven questions each from the AP, Reuters and CBS

Six questions each from NBC and Bloomberg

Five questions each from CNN and ABC

Four questions from the NYT

Three questions each from NPR, Politico, Fox News, WaPo, Chicago Tribune and WSJ

Two questions each from Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago ABC affiliate, USA Today, Ebony Magazine and Univision

One question each from the AFP, ABC radio, the Chicago NBC affiliate, Telemundo, McClatchy, LATimes, New York Daily News, Des Moines Register, Denver Post, Helen Thomas of Hearst, HuffPost, Stars and Stripes, Wash Times

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