TDS On Press Briefings

TDS on Press Briefings Jon Stewart takes us down memory lane and looks at the history of the press briefing. [media id=13741]-WMP low res Bittorrent
By John Amato — September 22, 2005

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Jon Stewart takes us down memory lane and looks at the history of the press briefing.

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He's got the pecking order down. Good Looking TV types, the "goiter look" and lest we forget-the conservative gay hooker type. We see how the press is supposed to behave and then Jon illustrates the spin that the press secretary uses not to answer questions. He says it all with: "Lying is hard"

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