Beyond allegations of sexual assault, Trump’s defense secretary pick has also been inundated with accusations of alcohol abuse, some of them from his Fox News colleagues.
Because the ruling class also owns the media. Reporters can ask questions to look like they’re reporting, but they can’t ask questions that, like, a real journalist would ask.
They’re afraid to not get a chance to interview them again.
If you’re a political journalist and half the politicians won’t talk to you, you have a problem.
Now, a press with a backbone would of course retaliate by simply not showing anything of those politicians (just indirect statements, no pictures, no sound bites), but the press has no backbone, so…
Why do reporters seem allergic to follow up questions?
“I’ve spoken to people that know him very well, and they say he does not have a drinking problem.”
Logical follow-up: “Who told you that?”
Because the ruling class also owns the media. Reporters can ask questions to look like they’re reporting, but they can’t ask questions that, like, a real journalist would ask.
They’re afraid to not get a chance to interview them again.
If you’re a political journalist and half the politicians won’t talk to you, you have a problem.
Now, a press with a backbone would of course retaliate by simply not showing anything of those politicians (just indirect statements, no pictures, no sound bites), but the press has no backbone, so…
Calling them the press is giving credit where it isn’t due. They’re stenographers, at best.