Michael McCurry listens to a reporters question in January of 2005
Michael McCurry listens to a reporters question in January of 2005 (Getty Images)

Live from the Briefing Room

December 29, 2006

When Bill Clinton's press secretary, Mike McCurry, started allowing TV media to carry his daily press briefings live, he profoundly changed the daily ritual. McCurry and ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson discuss the extent to which the White House press corps is playing to the cameras.

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