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Complaining that Pennâs interview is not âjournalismâ is like complaining that Fox News isnât ânews.â It is what it is.
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âThose grapes were sour anyway,â said the journalists.
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Corchado said the conditions Penn agreed toâno follow-up questions, avoiding certain issuesâwere unheard of.
Fox: Thats called Foxing, we do it 24 hours a day.
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Meanwhile, these same people and the entire Amurikkkan âjournalismâ industry obsequiously massage our politiciansâ genitals in order to avoid making them angry and thereby lose âaccessââŚ
What. A. Fucking. Joke.
They got scoooped and theyâre throwing a hissy. End of story.
Are these people so utterly devoid of self-awareness that they fail to realize that the entire public believes that every single MSM ânewsâ outlet in this country does nothing BUT try to curry favor with those about whom they are reporting, particularly politicians who are running for re-election and therefore control and represent massive amounts of potential campaign advertising revenue? In fact, when are we going to see a study showing just how much âfavorable coverageâ is correlated to how much that politicianâs campaign and PACs are spending on a particular network or publication? Everyone knows itâs a fucking farce, particularly after watching ânewsâ outlets fold like deck chairs in the face of the RNC or its candidates threatening to take away âaccessâ and ad revenue.
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Corchado said the conditions Penn agreed toâno follow-up questions, avoiding certain issuesâwere unheard of.
Really? It sounds like pretty much every bit of MSM interaction with the GOP Iâve seen in my adult life.
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Reporters Slam Sean Pennâs Interview With El Chapo: âItâs Not Journalismâ
Besides, those grapes were probably sour anywayâŚ
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At this point Hunter S. Thompson is spinning so fast you could use him to power a small town.
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and the choir says AAAAAAAAAmen!
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were cocktails served?
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"âAn understanding was brokered with the subject that this piece would be submitted for the subjectâs approval before publication.â So how is this anything different than what the entire Washington press corps does? Or any modern news outlet now a days?
Sure, I mean it might not be a reporter calling Politician Smith and saying âhereâs the story Iâm gonna run, take a look and make any changesâ but the news outlet damn well has âAn Understandingâ that if it pisses Politician Smith off it wonât get access to Politician Smith anymore and thatâs all media outlet care about is âacessesâ.
Yea, Iâm supposed get âoutragedâ over this, while ABC punishes a small paper for basically not running itâs stories by Trump for his approval.
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Journalistic jealousy rearing its ugly head.
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Most of what passes for the news in MSM isnât solid news reporting, like calling the armed thugs in Oregon militiamen. It was better than most of what I read that passes as âjournalismâ this past weekend. Jealousy is so unbecoming. Why didnât any of these complainer put their ass on the line and try to interview the madman El Chapo?
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Interesting that their concern is the baseline rules for the interview, and not that the interview actually occurred-which appears to be Fox Newâs hobbyhorse today.
And I agree with those whoâve already expressed their belief that granting final approval to âbig getsâ is already par for the course.
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How quickly the âmediaâ ignored the hulabaloo regarding the Nevada newspaper that was purchased by Adelson, a billionaire in, an overt action to control media in that State but complain about Pennâs article. Is it about trashing RS?
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Corchado said the conditions Penn agreed toâno follow-up questions, avoiding certain issuesâwere unheard of.
Wait a minute, Iâm confused! are we talking about Sean Penn and El Chapo or CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, ABC, NBC, CBS and their arrangements with the GOP debate clowns.
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I wonder, did Mike Allen garner the same level of outrage for his interview ground rules?
Politico reporter Mike Allen on Monday downplayed his attempt to offer Chelsea Clinton a "relaxed" interview, and instead chalked it up to a "clumsy" email he wrote.
A 2013 email trail showed that Allen told Clinton aide Philippe Reines that ***if Chelsea Clinton agreed to an interview, the questions would be pre-screened.*** Allen said his offer amounted to a "no risk" interview opportunity for Clinton.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politico-reporter-downplays-clumsy-chelsea-clinton-request/article/2577252
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Iâll enthusiastically concede every criticism every person here has made of the media, and of the state of most journalism today. That said, what Rolling Stone did is not journalism. Period. When you give the subjects the right to disapprove things they donât like youâre doing public relations. Period. And this is not about informing the public. Itâs celebrity murderer voyeurism.
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Corchado said the conditions Penn agreed toâno follow-up questions, avoiding certain issuesâwere unheard of.
As you and @AjayKalra alluded to, my first thought was, Do they not remember the Bush years?
The whole White House press room was told no follow ups and to avoid certain issues, or be ejected or never to be called on again.
After Judith Miller, they NYT lost all credibility. The whole news industry allowed Bush to testify for one lousy hour with Cheney in the room whispering the answers, and did nothing to condemn it.
I could go on and on butâŚ
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SoâŚârealâ jounalists would have done it differently if they had the balls and/or money to get the interview themselves. Got it.
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