• ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Hilarious, but if the reporter asked this they would find it harder to get invites to events. Which is a problem for journalists. Unless your very well regarded for your journalism, you can’t push powerful people without risking your career.

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      8 months ago

      That, and the reporter is there to get information, not mess with and judge people. Asking that sort of question is really just an attack. We can leave it to commentators and ourselves for judge people.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        this is limp dick energy. If asking questions is an attack then you’re probably a piece of shit doing bad things.

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          8 months ago

          Think about the answer you would actually get. They would dismiss the question or give some sort of nonsense answer. It’s a rhetorical question, and the only thing that it serves to do is criticize the person being asked. That’s not what reporters are there to do. If the answer would actually give some useful information to the reader, then it’s worth asking.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      boofuckingwoo. Reporters are not supposed to be friends with the people they are writing about.

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        8 months ago

        True, but if those same people they’re not supposed to be friends with are the ones inviting them to those events/granting them early access…

        In other words: the system is rigged.

        • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          Again - boofuckinghooo. Let the fuckers have no friends in the media. The media owners make journalists spinless advertisement sellers. I have very little respect for the profession at this point.

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              8 months ago

              booduckinghoo.

              We’re sick and tired of this shit, it will never change if people make excuses for it.

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            8 months ago

            You’re missing the point that they need those relationships to gain access to sources. You literally cannot force people to talk to you