I don’t remember the “media” ever asking the Kenyan any “tough questions”. Everyone was too busy kissing the Kenyan’s ring and did not want to be labeled as being a “rasis”.
Here’s a toughie https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyaNOA6FWI
Pretty much what I was thinking.
I remember maybe one time that Obama was asked a "tough question," and on that occasion the reporter who asked the question was turned on by the rest of the White House press pool, which formed a mob and chased him from the event (which, IIRC, was an outdoor buffet of some sort).