3. 'Used to be that Journalists wanted to get the truth out at any cost.
Now, it is more profitable to drag a story out as much as possible. You do that by pandering and asking easy to answer questions. The media doesn't want the truth anymore. It's too short lived and unprofitable.
5. These questions aren't that bad - especially Martha Radditz's - but
his answers are terrible and there's little or no followup.
I just wish the press would quit responding to his lame-ass "jokes" with laughter. That's just wrong in a professional relationship and it breaks up the ryhthm of their questions. It defangs the press - - which is what he's after.
10. They all know what's in bounds and what is out of bounds
And business interests define those boundaries. Political diversity needs to be institutionalized within a robust public media system. The behavior of these journalists is rational within the system we have. We need systemic change.
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