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Who held the first televised presidential press conference?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the White House Historical Association, every president since Woodrow Wilson has used press conferences as a means to explain their policies to the public. However, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first to experiment with the medium of television in this way and held the nation’s first televised press conference on January 19, 1955. President Kennedy would later perfect the technique with uncut, live conferences.

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Who held the first televised presidential press conference?

• John F. Kennedy
• Harry S. Truman
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Dwight D. Eisenhower