Reporters Chat With Bush Off-The-Record

“President Bush has been holding informal off-the-record sessions with major news organizations over the last several days,” the New York Times reports. “Starting Thursday, he began meeting with groups of about a half-dozen reporters from newspapers, television, news agencies and magazines.”

The journalists have agreed not to describe the meetings publicly. CNN D.C. bureau chief David Bohrman thinks they are a good idea: “Most of the time, the environments that our reporters deal with the president in are very structured, very managed, and they rarely get to just kick back and have a conversation,” he said. “I think there’s a lot of value in it for both sides.”

The Washington Post says an ABC News correspondent also attended one of the sessions. Did NBC, CBS, or FNC participate?

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