[CDHart]

"At a presidential news conference what prevents the president from calling on a variety of reporters so that it balances out to one conservative to one socialist?"

There may not be any conservative reporters there --

Carolyn

[xzins]

It's the president's news conference. He can invite and give press passes to whomever he wishes. There are plenty of conservative NEWSPAPERS and Radio Broadcasters and Internet Bloggers who can be invited by the White House.

I, for instance, would think it an incredible thing for the President to acknowledge the NEW MEDIA by giving them press passes to a Presidential News Conference. I would invite Mark Steyn, Jim Robinson (or designee), NewsMax, World Magazine, CBN, Rush Limbaugh, etc.

We must admit it, given the book "Biased" and the fact that the alphabet reporters are known liberals/socialists and supporters of John Kerry, we might as well recognize reality and, at least, give a news conference that is bi-partisan.