Rick Morain is the former publisher and owner of the Jefferson Herald, for which he writes a regular column.
How long since you’ve read a story from an actual news conference with the United States president or the Iowa governor? Or since you’ve viewed one on TV?
Probably quite a while, and if you remember one, it probably took place quite a while after the one before that.
It used to be customary for a chief executive to hold regular press conferences, where reporters could ask questions, including followups. Not anymore. Today what passes for a “press conference” is usually a staged event where the executive reads a statement, maybe delivers a one-liner to one of the many shouted questions, and then exits stage right.
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