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Howard Kurtz and
Dana Milbank chat on "Reliable Sources"
KURTZ: Elisabeth [Bumiller]'s colleague, David Sanger, wrote, perhaps only partially tongue and cheek, that the briefings are so useless that we should get rid of them, not have them any more, pull the plug. What do you think?
MILBANK: I think we should pull the plug on the cameras. We have a morning gaggle, which nobody sees, because it's off camera. You actually can get some decent information there. ...
KURTZ: But you're print people. Shouldn't the American people get to see on television the kinds of questions that are asked and how the press secretary answers them?
MILBANK: Do it for a few minutes like they used to do it and then everybody can get in their five minutes of posturing and then we can get down to do some serious questioning.
