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Identify the source described as primary, secondary , or tertiary .

a newspaper account of the President of the United States' latest press conference

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primary source, because he is the head of the country
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Answer:

Primary source

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case, the newspaprer account of the president's press conference refers to a written description of this event. This means that someone from the newspaper saw or listended to the conference in a direct way and wrote what he saw, emphasizing the most important things. The fact that the reporter was there and witnessed the event make his account a primary source. Remember that this type of sources are first-hand accounts of certain events.

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