Why Do Reporters Prefer to Interview Public Officials,rather Than Attending

question 194

Multiple Choice

Why do reporters prefer to interview public officials,rather than attending press conferences?
I.The topics of press conferences are driven by officials,not the reporter.
II.Questions can be evaded more easily in a press conference.
III.Officials can spin facts more easily before a pool of reporters instead of a one-on-one intimate interview.
IV.Reporters in press pools continually interrupt each other and speak out of turn.

• A)I and II
• B)II and III
• C)I, II, and III
• D)I, III, and IV
• E)I, II, III, and IV

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