Yeah, the whole concept of reporting is getting lost with these cable news freaks. Just report the facts and otherwise STFU!
Well said!
"..Only in America do the media try to enforce speech codes on the politicians. It's not the job of the reporter to tell politicians which terms they should use. The reporter's job is to faithfully report the politician's words and let the reader decide which are objectionable...."
The television reporters are no longer journalists: they are self-aggrandizing wannabe media stars.
They might consider a government controlled video link directed only at the speaker and never showing the reporter, even to the extent of not having a microphone positioned which can pick up their voices? Ban all cellphones and other cameras from the event. I'm old enough to remember when there wasn't the crush of cameras in the back and on all sides of a news conference and the television reporters went outside to report what was said.
Find some means or methods to cut down on the grandstanding and we will get more questions answered and have less conflict in the room. Alternately, have them write down questions and eliminate the live pressers entirely. If they can't be civil that is the final solution.