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Proud liberal 80

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Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:38 AM Jun 2020

Why do reporters suck at follow up questions [View all]

Jake Tapper just had Ben Carson on and asked him about his feelings on NFL players kneeling....Carson gives an answer about how the players need to come out and say that they respect the flag, and military and blah blah blah, and they aren’t protesting the flag but protesting injustice....And Tapper says thank you instead of a follow up stating that that is what they have already said

Edit: now I am watching MSNBC and Vashir is asking hard follow up questions to a liberal, why can’t they do that with a conservative...

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Because they are useless. SamKnause Jun 2020 #1
Agree. Generally speaking, we do not have jrthin Jun 2020 #5
Cable news reality TV show hosts Nature Man Jun 2020 #2
Tell that to all the ones who were shot at and gassed covering these protest. SamKnause Jun 2020 #7
ugh Nature Man Jun 2020 #8
Ugh. SamKnause Jun 2020 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2020 #24
You have to think on your feet. Fire the reporters and hire lawyers to ask the questions. dem4decades Jun 2020 #3
I would think Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 #6
Tapper is usually pretty good. Maybe he figured that Carson is such a dolt The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #4
Someone's paying them not to ask them New Breed Leader Jun 2020 #9
Yeah, right. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #15
You don't think so? New Breed Leader Jun 2020 #16
See #17. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #18
Mostly because they are thinking of the next question WhiteTara Jun 2020 #10
This 100% StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #13
Exactly right. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #17
But what about the sudden change New Breed Leader Jun 2020 #19
Maybe the liberal guests are more interesting and they're paying more attention The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #20
Ok, that makes sense. New Breed Leader Jun 2020 #22
It's infuriating. bamagal62 Jun 2020 #12
You make a conservative uncomfortable and you lose access. theaocp Jun 2020 #14
Yes it is a bit of a balancing act Shermann Jun 2020 #23
The media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own it. bumper sticker CrispyQ Jun 2020 #21
That has been so for decades in American journalism. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #25
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