U.S. Presidential Press Conference
When the President of the United States holds a press conference, he takes questions from the press pool in a specific order: wire services (for decades, Helen Thomas of UPI had the first question), broadcast networks, national newspapers, newsmagazines, video and, lastly, regional newspapers. In crisis situations, it holds a special value. It offsets all burning questions at that particular moment.
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