1 the Brookings Institution Facing the Media: the View
MEDIA-2008/12/18 1 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION FACING THE MEDIA: THE VIEW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM PODIUM Washington, D.C. Thursday, December 18, 2008 INTRODUCTION: DARRELL WEST Vice President and Director, Governance Studies The Brookings Institution MODERATOR: STEPHEN HESS Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution PANELISTS: DANA PERINO White House Press Secretary RON NESSEN Journalist in Residence The Brookings Institution Former White House Press Secretary MIKE McCURRY Partner, Public Strategies Washington, Inc. Former White House Press Secretary * * * * * ANDERSON COURT REPORTING 706 Duke Street, Suite 100 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone (703) 519-7180 Fax (703) 519-7190 MEDIA-2008/12/18 2 P R O C E E D I N G S MR. WEST: Okay. If I could have your attention, we would like to get started. I’m Darrell West, Vice President and Director of Governance Studies at Brookings, and I would like to welcome you to this event entitled Facing the Media: The View from the White House Press Room Podium. The job of the White House Press Secretary has to rank as the most unpredictable position in the world. I mean one day you may be dodging questions from Helen Thomas, and the next day you’re dodging shoes from foreign journalists. And, by the way, I was very impressed with President Bush’s dexterity on that shoe. I mean he had that shoe tracked all the way from the hand to the podium. You know, the journalist didn’t even come close to hitting the President. And, of course, now we have learned that there’s some Iraqis who want that guy in prison because his aim was so bad.
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