In this chapter, Helen Thomas talks a lot about the different kinds of press secretaries. She says that there are those who basically do whatever the President and the government wants them to do so the real news doesn't really get reported, and then they are those who go against their officials and report the cold hard truth.
For me, I know that I would definetely have to be the press secretary who reported the whole truth and left nothing out. Not that I would ever want to work in the White House, because I really wouldn't, but if I did, I would report on everything and anything, no matter how uncomfortable it made the President or the other officials I worked with. However, I think being a press secretary would be extremely hard. You might make some kind of friendship with some of the people you have to cover and then you would hesitate to write anything negative about them. Also, there is always a risk of losing your job because you reported on something in a way that the White House officials didn't like. It's kind of a tough situation to be in. For me, I prefer to work for the New York Times. :)
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