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Originally Posted by Delgar
While I will agree this press conference was a complete mess, consider this, from reporters there to "report" the news:
-A black lady asks a question about whether trump will include a black congress group in discussions on an issue
-A jewish guy advocates on behalf of jewish people before he even gets to his question
Now, while Trump's responses to both are deplorable, there is something else to consider here that in some ways supports his underlying frustration: In US journalism there is a problem with reporters not gathering facts and reporting. The questions they pose come with a political purpose.
Its easy to pick on the black lady asking a question about the black congress and a jewish guy asking about anti-semitism, but its clear what they are trying to do-- which is to get the president on record saying he will advocate for something or pick a position.
That is not journalism. This problem is one of the reasons Trump is now the president. The US needs real journalists.
Trump is not the right guy to rail against this and I'll agree he's a buffoon, but at some point the media has to take responsibility for the fact that they act more like politicians in question period than journalists.
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I don't understand the problem concerning a reporter from a newspaper whose readers are mainly black or mainly jewish asking a question that their readership has concerns/questions on.
Just like if a reporter from the National Post or The Star was to ask Trump a question you would expect it to have some relation to Canada and Canadians.
And isn't that how reporters gather facts and report? They have to ask questions to get answers. What do you think a "real" journalist should do?
Also, that bit by Meyers is better than anything I have seen on the Daily Show in years.