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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: ChinuSFO who started this subject8/16/2004 5:44:40 PM
From: CalculatedRiskRead Replies (1) of 81568
 
Revolt of the Press Corps
washingtonpost.com

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, August 16, 2004; 11:09 AM

The press corps appears to have had about enough of those hokey "Ask President Bush" events.

Instead of taking questions from reporters, President Bush has become increasingly partial to playing talk-show host to an audience of sycophantic fans.

There were four "Ask President Bush" events last week and in each case, after a long speech and staged interviews with prepped guests, Bush opened the floor to some incredible softballs.

The format allows the president to come off as very smooth.

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