Hillary is not hiding from the press

When reporters interview Clinton people they always bring up the topic of a press conference. They’re being tricky, and I as a voter know it.

The big question: When are you going to have a press conference?

The Clinton person gives a decent answer, she’s done 300 interviews this year. And there have been plenty of gotchas and fake controversies. That’s why reporters want to interview her. To help perpetuate the idea that she can’t be trusted and won’t give a straight answer. Which is both ridiculous and not news. She does answer the questions, answers that they would be delighted to get from her opponent, who rarely answers any of their questions, when they can get an interview, and these days he won’t even be interviewed by any reporter, unless you count Fox News people as reporters (they’re more like PR people or campaign flacks).

So reporters, I think people who care know exactly what you’re doing. The only difference between a one-on-one interview and a press conference is that in a press conference there are 50 reporters asking gotcha questions and in a one-on-one interview there’s only one. The number of ridiculous questions is exactly the same, either way.

If your listeners were stupid, your tricks might work, but even the dumbest among us have probably figured it out, because you’ve repeated the same bullshit over and over.

BTW, my guess as to why no press conferences is that she doesn’t like them. But your thesis that she’s hiding from the press is a lie. She’s not hiding from the press.