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They’re telling the White House they can’t afford to keep airing these sessions in the current economic downturn. Breaking with the pack and refusing to air President Obama’s next news conference “would take an extraordinary amount of courage,” says CBS senior veep Paul Friedman.
> Maher: Obama doesn’t have to be on TV every minute of the day
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