(04-27-2023, 02:21 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(04-27-2023, 02:05 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: It depends on the purpose of the press conference.  If it's to find out something about a particular thing, then pre-submitting a question will get you a better answer.  On the other hand, if it's some kind of test of the President's cognitive ability, then pre-submitting the questions is cheating.  That's just my opinion.

C'mon man, pre-submitting a question means the tough questions get screened out. The government controlling the Press in such a way is really not something anyone should be ok with.

If only pre-submitted questions are answered, that's bad.  But I would think that sometimes, pre-submitting a question will get you a better answer than just an off-the-cuff response.  But like I said, if the purpose of the question is to test the person answering the question, then pre-submitting defeats that purpose.  

And of course I don't think the press should only ask questions the press secretary hands out to them.  That's ridiculous.  

Are they only taking pre-submitted questions?

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