When I worked as a journalist, I used to hate press conferences.

All you usually got was the party line. If you wanted real news that would give an edge to your article, you had the corner the person at the end…and sometimes risk to be thrown out of a window.

It happened to me at the press conference of a Czech bank…it was a beautiful summer day in Prague and the CEO and I were standing next to a window. He happened not to like my question.

But watching this video has restored my faith in press conferences. Seeing George Bush dodging the shoe…was real action.

This is what I would call a real press conference.

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