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In reply to the discussion: I was wrong about FDR holding 600 press conferences. [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)9. I'm sure he did, and it would still be useful today, moreso.
Then he spoke with the press and the press printed what they say fit.
Not the best way to get to the people, not as direct as could be done today.
I don't know what I'd have to say if I were president, but I think I'd find things.
President Obama has a weekly address, but it's not to the press; it's not holding a press conference.
If the press wanted to air it, they could. I don't think they want to.
The last one was about ending the sequester:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/weekly-address
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A prepared speech is somewhat different from answering pointed questions.
MannyGoldstein
Apr 2013
#10
Shame on you, Manny. If I had been at one of FDR's conferences, here is what I would've asked:
RufusTFirefly
May 2013
#27
FDR's press conferences were different than the ones by the President nowadays.
Cooley Hurd
May 2013
#54