Why does the white house press corp. ask such weak questions?
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I believe the way it works is that as a new boy, you start at the back of the room and over a long time work your way up to the front.\n\nIf at any time you become abnoxious or aggressive, your white house press credential privileges can be removed and you are out. Probably your employer would be very upset about that, as the credentials are very hard to come by in the first place.\n\nErgo...weak questions boys and gals or you are OUT!
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Oh because they havent. It will run its course and eventually they will be told the next issue. If you want to know what the next issue will be keep an eye on Fox News.\n They are pretty good at telling the masses what to think.
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I actually think the media has much more of a conservative slant.  Considering that most main-stream media is owned by giant corporations, this is not surprising.\n\nMay I ask how you manage to fit so much information into your questions without going into the additional details?
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First, it is true that most information comes from the media.  That's why you probably can't remember the last time you heard an actual troop speak out about the War, unless they were against it.  Simply put, a troop speaking out for the War doesn't sell!  And this media filter we see is only getting worse as our younger generation increasingly fails to do the smallest modicum of research on their own and rely more and more on the media to make the decisions for them.\n\nAs for what will happen if a single person or entity controls the media I would suggest reading 1984.  I think that book more than anything else sums up the problems that we face today when the populace fails to do the most simple amount of personal research.  And I'm NOT arguing that Bush is controlling the media which is retarded since the media is bent on selling their wares and nothing sells better than controversy in the White House which is why they keep going after the President.  Instead, I'm arguing that it's a small group of elitists at the top: the Ted Turners and Ruper Murdochs, etc.
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Because there is a massively powerful corporate propaganda machine feeding Bush doctrine to the masses.  People in the know (and who care) must get the word out despite the huge and vicious opposition of this machine.
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i totaly agree that the press ONLY SHOWS THE BAD!!! even if we did do the best thing EVER, they wouldnt print in huge letters on the front page\nthey do this because....\n1. they are liberal\n2. for money
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To answer a part of your quesiton, the media plays to the flavor of the week crowd.  They care not the validity or weight of a story.  The only relevant thing to news media is telling the news that sells subscriptions/viewers/readers.
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Reporters are notorious for asking "ambush" questions.\n\nMark Cuban is living proof that no amount of $ can buy class.
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We typically don't ask sufficiently detailed questions.
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Most haven't a clue about the media, its history or how it works. They just parrot whatever comes in the talking points supplied by those they allow to manipulate them.
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Because in their business, the faster they get the news out, the bigger the audience they get. It's not like back during the Carter race, when I spent hours collecting interesting facts about the election, and he won before we went on the air. THAT was disappointing!
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It's their way of justifying why majority of Americans don't aggree with them on most issues...abortion...stem cells....miniumum wage...Iraq....\n\nThe public just disagrees with them because of the "liberal media"
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to obtain information they either dont know or want people to keep repeating it in hopes of a better asnswer
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some questions just can't be answered intelligently
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They use words like "The U.S. once again has...." because the U.S. once again HAS...... The media seems to be more to the left because most journalism is liberal. It has to be or it would be judging everybody. O.K. seriously, most mainstream news doesnt report good things because good news isnt interesing. Do you remember when Clinton was in office they were just as rough on him. That is the job of the media, to investigate and report. Maybe it seems they are reporting a lot of bad because there is. If you are looking for righty news try a.m. talk radio stations, its what my husband does.
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No they just show a lot of press releases disguised as news. I think most people are smart enough to realize this. I'm sure there are a few dummies who don't catch on to this but most do.\n\nlove and blessings Don
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There is not sufficient information to answer this question.