Is the White House press corps necessary?

Published April 5, 2010 4:00am ET



Obama takes it directly to the people (ap photo)

Has the YouTube presidency pre-empted the journalists who cover the White House every day? If you can get the news directly from the president and his Twittering West Wing staff, why do you need the press corps? That’s the question posed by the Daily Beast today.

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