When Reporters Rise For The President
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Comparison videos were even posted on YouTube.
It’s a long-standing practice for reporters to rise when the president enters the East Room for a news conference, but that hasn’t been the case in the briefing room.
I checked with two colleagues who served as senior wire service reporters during the Bush Presidency and who, in matters of press protocol, the rest of us followed.
“The briefing room is always a more informal place,” says Steve Holland of Reuters.
Gen. Ray Odierno, head of multinational forces in Iraq, on progress there and plans for Afghanistan.
