Posted on 11/11/2018 5:22:52 AM PST by Saveourcountry
during a press conference, or anywhere. Once you state your opinion, you become a pundit. If I were the prez I would make it known that I will no longer be fielding questions from pundits during a press conference. If the questions were not phrased in a way that a journalist phrases them I would just say, "That is your opinion. I will answer questions from journalists only. If you want to be a pundit, you don't need a press pass, go on an opinion show.
If they change it to "People say blah blah blah opinion" I would say, "What people? The people in your newsroom? Give me specific people that you are quoting or this is nothing more than your opinion.
What we call loaded questions. It is really about their opinion, not an honest search for information to keep the electorate informed. It’s a direct attempt to manipulate public opinion.
I think he’s actually said that or something close if I remember.
We might end up with no “journalists” or “reporters” or questioners at all.
Journalism of the past is gone. Reporting is no longer about unbiased reporting or getting to the facts. Questions are considered hostile if they are in any way confrontational. That’s the same with all politicians, presidents or senators or house members or even local officials.
What might be needed is AI robots or computers that are loaded up with the issues and no wording that could be considered confrontational or hostile.
I wish he would give them homework in the form of a top ten list of questions Americans want to know.
That would be fine. If they can’t be professional, they should not be allowed in. Trump should insist on professionalism. I know they think he doesn’t act professionally, but he would if they did.
imho .... it has all been opinion since WWII. Journalists never existed in the pursuit of truth
Then they couldn’t “mold public opinion”
Set some ground rules at the start. Two questions per reporter. And questions - not debate. If they don’t comply, switch to written submitted questions. Or a webcast with reporters from around the country allowed to participate
Correct but it would illuminate people to the lack of news the media is reporting. He could make it fun too and maybe have a follow up Trump reporter in costume that the following week really does answer the questions Americans want to know.
“Give me a B give me an I give me an N give me a G give me an O What do you get? BINGO BINGO BINGO!”
I was a newspaper reporter for 25 years. I always viewed my job as being a purveyor of information, and nothing else.
As a result, I always phrased my interview questions accordingly — the very idea of tricking someone with a “loaded” question would have been repugnant to me.
A couple of the editors I worked for accused me of lacking the “killer instinct.” Most of the others I got along with fine — they understood that I was the blocking fullback of the newsroom, not the flashy wide receiver.
Still, I lasted a long time in a burnout business — although I was always a local yokel doing local news.
These indoctrinated journalism school grads have an image of themselves interviewing celebrities or national-level officials.
The reality of the news business is lots of hours covering local school board and zoning commission meetings, then getting back to the newsroom, getting your notes and thoughts together, and sending clean copy to the city desk by deadline.
I don’t regret my time in the news biz. It was work that suited my talents and allowed me to see a lot of things and talk to a lot of people I never would have encountered in any other career.
But many of my colleagues — and I fear, a majority of the young reporters who came after me — approached their work with the unrealistic idea that they could “change the world.”
Sorry, snowflakes — it’s hard enough just to get your copy in on time.
1. Shut down current “press office” in white house and move to planned “press office” in executive office building. Also limit press access into white house by invitation only/pool reporter only.
2. Set up new rules for participation. Enable remote press to ask questions — alternate between in-room and those pre-registered press orgs.
3. Give tutorial on “questions only” and decline to answer any (opinions, challenges) that don’t meet criteria. The standard response “WH press office has documented your statement and will respond later.”
4. Any impolite/threating action to staff or colleagues will (first time) be a suspension of 1 month, (second time) permanent expulsion from press room. If a press org continues to send irresponsible representatives, they will be (1) demoted from front row and participation in press pool (including off the presidential plane) (2) permanently removed from in-person participation (3) removed from all participation
Mrs M-D
“Red Card” the entire press corps (corpse). IOW no more press briefings. Twitter has worked well for DJT.
The President was given a gift of an official’s card set by the head of FIFA. Either he or Sarah Huckabee should use them at White House press briefings.
Good ideas. They need to open these press conferences to the free press from across the country using web based conferencing. Get rid of these large corporate propaganda outlets. Get honest journalist to participate. If the same people are on camera doing this all the time, they become a media personality, and get a fat head over it.
Actually, “reporters”. They are supposed to report the news as it happened, not spin or editorialize it.
“Journalist” means they will spin, editorialize and try to turn it into “info-tainment”.
A pundit doesn’t even try to report the news.
Doesn’t have to say it - he loves bitch-slapping them when they act up....
Or perhaps the questions one has to answer to legally become a citizen?
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