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George Washington’s 40th rule of decency:
“Strive not with your Superiors in argument, but always Submit your Judgment to others with Modesty

“110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.”
http://www.foundationsmag.com/civility.html

“Paying the price for breakdown of the country’s bourgeois culture”
Posted: August 9, 2017

Amy Wax and Larry Alexander

http://www2.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/paying-the-price-for-breakdown-of-the-countrys-bourgeois-culture-20170809.html

...Obama press rules.

All press questions submitted at least 48 Hours in advance in writing.

Questions selected to get presidential response will be disposed in predetermined order.

It was like that for eight years.

Many reporters quit.

Some were reassigned. A few like Helen Thomas, were fired.

The white house press hasn’t been this free since JFK.

FDR had the strictest press procedures of all mass communication era presidents of all. Among his contemporary leaders, he ranked with Stalin.

(Sorry. I moved on and didn’t grab the source)

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One last source, on submitting questions in advance: https://clashdaily.com/2014/03/white-house-transparency-reporters-submit-questions-advance/