HOW should reporters question political figures? Like this.

[AnnInLa]

(go to link to see how an interviewer on BBC questions a politician....why don't our reporters/interviewers do the same? click on the You Tube video.)


http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/04/england_lost_th.html

Oliver Willis:

"Our media will respond that they'd lose access to the president (or vice president, or secretary of state) if they asked these questions - but that's bull. The president needs ABC/CBS/NBC practically more than they need him. He needs their platform to sell his or her program. If our leaders can't answer tough questions, we haven't got much of a democracy."

[WilliamPitt]

1. By embracing four simple words.

"Ask Follow-Up Questions."

Don't be Russert, who is apparently deathly allergic to follow-ups. He'll ask Cheney a question about Iraq-al Qaeda connections, let the resulting bloviating liegasm from Dick wash over him like a bath of warm milk...and then ask a question about Jesus, or favorite colors, or the cuteness of bunnies. No follow-up from Russert. Ever.

Four words.

[Robson]

2. Our media is corporate controlled

Corporate America and Bush Inc are joined at the hip. They are in it together like good fascists and play us sheeple like a fine violin.