How I ruined the White House press briefing - and what we can do to fix it
Mike McCurry
October 01, 2009
Robert Gibbs is due credit. He has opened the environment for communications at the White House and made the business of the Presidency more transparent. But tell him – from the zeal of the converted – that he should go forth and spin no more.
I vividly recall a day at the White House when Brit Hume, then senior ABC correspondent, told me I was “the most political person” he'd ever seen at the podium. He was right, but ...