As I’ve posted elsewhere, it appears the majority of these press questioners are trying to be clever in endeavouring to catch the ministers / specialists out. The constant “aren’t you ashamed that.....” “Do you agree that....”. “Is the reason that....” dreadful !
Why has the use of open questions reduced to a minimum?
Occasionally there is a sensibly posed open question enabling a decent informative response.
I think the daily briefing is an excellent way of maintaining transparency and I believe the varying presenters are doing a decent job in extraordinary circumstances.