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Press conferences hosted by government
officials are open to all media organisations,
although it is not uncommon, at the end of the
conference for TV and radio stations to tape a short separate interview with the host in order to bolster presentational impact of the news item.
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It sometimes happens that where a
particular item does not warrant a full scale press
conference, and a press release is issued, a radio or Alevision
TV station may request an interview with the subject officer in order to provide sound and visual
materials to accompany the presentation of the news. Depending on the circumstances of each case, such
requests may be granted.
But what an official says
in front of the camera or on the tape recorder is
based on the original text of the press statement which has already been issued to all the media.
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