Robert Gibbs Debates With Reporter As To What Defines a Press Conference
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spent almost five minutes at yesterday’s press briefing debating with World Net Daily correspondent Les Kinsolving as to what constitutes a press conference.
Kinsolving was echoing complaints from the media that the administration is attempting to bypass press conferences, in favor of releasing information via one-on-one interviews, group interviews with a select few reporters, or social media channels.
From the transcript:
Les Kinsolving: Thank you very much. In view of President Franklin Roosevelt’s 998 press conferences, why has President Obama held not a single White House press conference since last July?
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