Object
Press Packets
Thick bundles of crisp printed pages, stamped with White House letterheads, fan out across the dim Air Force One press cabin as reporters thumb through outdated drafts of the President's education speech. C.J. summons them back with urgent gestures; Carol barks orders, reporters reluctantly surrender the packets, paper edges curling from hasty grips amid the cabin's humming tension and flickering overhead lights.
1 appearances
Purpose
Distributing superseded speech drafts and briefing materials to the traveling press corps for rapid information sharing during flight.
Significance
Anchors C.J.'s nimble narrative control, transforming potential leaks of speech revisions into proof of mere stylistic tweaks by Toby and Sam, diffusing reporter skepticism while Bartlet's whimsy interrupts from afar.
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