No. The real reason that the press follows the President is so that they can be there to report on an repeat of the JFK or Reagan assaination(s)/attempts. There was no ‘protocol’ for the press to follow the President even in the eary FDR years. How do you think that FDR was able to maintain a mistress? JFK on the other hand had the press running ‘interference’ for his extramarital affairs...
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