Network scorn toward conventions led to reduced broadcast coverage, with PBS and cable channels filling the void-- and ready to poke through the hype.
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He credited McCurry with redefining the role of the press secretary in an era of 24-hour news cycles and cable channels filling special niches, and said : " Mike McCurry has set the standard by which future White House press secretaries will be judged . . . . And few can hope to match his intelligence and wit from the podium ."