Citing faster moving news cycles, the needs of the international press corps, and her constant availability, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino ended the tradition of the "press gaggle"--the daily, informal off-camera briefings--preferring to collapse the gaggle and briefing in to one event, or "griefing" as one reporter already dubbed it.

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