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Washington Post reporter David Broder originally suggested sponsoring a discussion of presidential press conferences, Kalb said. "The idea in its simplest form is that the press conference is in a state of acute disrepair," Kalb said...
...current system of the prime time televised press conference has had its day in the sun," Kalb said. "It is no longer an effective means of communication between the President and the people. It is political theater...
Reagan's Thursday night press conference demonstrated that "the atmosphere is wrong for a debate of serious issues," Kalb said...
...School forums will also address the problem of the decreasing frequency of press conferences. "FDR held about 47 press conferences a year. Reagan has averaged seven a year. [Thursday night's] press conference was only the third this year." Kalb said, "Unfortunately, the frequency [of press conferences] has gone down quite steadily with each Presidency...
...Frequency adds to the reliability of information, it increases knowledge and it eventually must happen." Kalb added...