[stlnative]

He probably is expected to call into the regular tipline and he says something that lets the call taker know it is him. They then give him the 1-800 #. The 1-800 is for him so that he does not have deal with different call takers or a buzy line.

[Quilla]

I know I'm disecting this to the nth degree, but how did they tell him what to say? There are millions of people watching, taping, and going over these press conferences. Surely a freeper would have picked up on that. :)