Questioning POTUS

USA Today’s media writer Mark Memmott took a look at some of the questions being asked at yesterday’s presidential press conference–which, we should note, was covered by the White House’s second blogger (Run! The floodgates have opened!).

Memmott contrasts NYT’s Bumiller’s toughie with WT’s Bill Sammon’s softie, and lo and behold, finds both questions valid.

Our favorite quote? Bumiller: “It’s not my job to be popular, it’s my job to get good answers from the president and generate some news.” If only we had more of her in the world…

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