QUESTIONS:
1. There has been considerable talk about the President's recent televised press conference. Who was the first President to have press conferences filmed for television?
2. Who was the first President to have press conferences televised "live?"
3. How many press secretaries has President Bush had since taking office?
4. Who was the only White House press secretary to serve two Presidents?
5. What President originated the concept of the press conference?
ANSWERS:
1. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
2. John F. Kennedy.
3. Two: Ari Fleischer, who had the job from 2001-03, and present Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
4. Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to Ronald Reagan from 1987-89 and to George H.W. Bush from 1989-93.
5. Franklin Roosevelt, who in 1933 invited reporters into his office to ask questions. (Herbert Hoover would take questions from reporters, but only in writing.)
