. . . and ex-White House reporter:
A veteran Washington reporter once made an observation about the “tricky” job of the White House press secretary — an observation that Jay Carney might want to heed when he steps into the role next month.
“There’s a certain amount of information that the press secretary wants to convey,” the reporter noted. “There’s another pocket of information that he’s willing to convey, I believe, if provoked, or led that way by a question — or tricked. And you want to get to that.”
The reporter in question was Mr. Carney himself, then the Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, during a 2006 discussion hosted by C-Span. His assessment of his own potential shortcomings — “I’m sure I wouldn’t be any good at it,” he said — will be put to the test as he becomes President Obama’s new chief spokesman.
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