In theory, the press conference is the crucible where politicians encounter journalists and a truth is revealed. Is it anything like that in practice? James Harding's guests include Beth Rigby, political editor of Sky News; Alastair Campbell, formerly Tony Blair's director of communications; Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary to George Bush; Daniel Maki, who works on intelligence and investigations for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.