As a reporter I often have to deal with interns who have no idea what I'm talking about and don’t understand that they can answer simple questions without violating any rules.
I called [Sen. #1]'s office to ask if they had a bill number yet for a specific bill. The intern paused and said, "Why would we know that?" I replied, "Well it is your boss' bill." The intern counted, "Um, actually [Sen. #1] isn't in town right now so there's no way that bill is his." I told the intern that it was [Sen. #1]'s bill and asked to speak to the press secretary or communications director but she said they wouldn't know either.
I gave up and called [Sen. #2]'s office. An intern answered and again I asked for the number of the bill. The intern replied, "Well if that's [Sen. #1]'s bill shouldn't you call his office?" I informed the intern that her boss was working on the bill and would likely would have this information if it was available. Her response: "We only know stuff about our own bills."
Luckily a staffer overheard and took my call.
Must have been a Democrat's office. Nobody knows what in the hell is in those bills they propose anymore....
ReplyDelete...or maybe it's because hill interns are just extremely cocky and think they're ready to do their bosses job - you're not!
ReplyDeletewow.
ReplyDeletei'm in press too, and this would've pissed the hell out of me..
as some one who was a former press assistant I can say that nothing bothered me more than when lazy reporters asked for bill numbers they could search for themselves on thomas
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