Jay Carney receives questions before daily press briefing.

I imagine this is primarily to ensure he brings certain admin positions to the conversation. Otherwise we'd get a lot of "we'll get back to you on that"

At first I was thinking censorship but then I thought it might really help carney prepare. What would stop ed Henry from Fox News from asking jay a different question than the ones he submitted? If carney quit calling on him at the press conferences it would only raise red flags. As much as despise this administration I don't think this issue is that big a deal.

This is not unique to the Obama administraion. It's been going on for a long time.

Think about this for a moment. These are daily press briefings. Why is it necessary to answer press questions immediately as opposed to responding, "we'll get back to you on that tomorrow"? It is all about creating the perception that the government is prepared for everything. And the press has become willing accomplices in selling the perception.