A kind of reporter who wanted to know the actual answer to an important question Trump raised himself last night when he said in front of thousands of people that publishing the op-ed might have been treason. That's what kind.
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Replying to @juliehdavis
Also the kind of reporter who treats absolutely unreasonable claims as reasonable then? Gotcha. Thanks.
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Replying to @emptywheel
So no follow-ups are appropriate when the president of the United States makes an unreasonable claim? Ok, I think I get the rules now.
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Replying to @juliehdavis
Perhaps when doing "follow-ups," don't accept an outlandishly false claim as true. Instead, start by calling out the false claim, and then make him defend it? It might end up in less gas-lighting from BOTH the President and the press.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Maybe, & I wasn't there, so dunno exactly how this was worded, but if a person in power suggests that a certain action be taken, however far-fetched or false the premise, I think it's the obligation of reporters w access to that person to ask whether he's going to act accordingly
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Replying to @juliehdavis
OK. We disagree. When a person in power makes a claim that is both false and outside the realm of law, what journalists should NOT do is accept that premise as true. Doing so only makes the reporter a party to the original lie.
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Replying to @emptywheel
I think we do disagree. If a president makes a threat, or says things that suggest he is ready to take actions outside the law, reporters need to determine whether he intends to do so. Can also challenge his premise. But failing to do the 1st is not doing the job.
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Replying to @juliehdavis
Well, let's look at what happened. Everyone reported this 1) as if he came up with the idea of prosecuting it (he didn't) 2) as if it was reasonable. There's a reason Trump gets away with telling lies. Apparently part of the problem is no one is ever questioning his premise.
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Replying to @emptywheel @juliehdavis
Add into the fact his known behavior: he says something outlandish. Sycophants don't challenge it. So he acts on that outlandish behavior, and is given ... more press for it. Rinse and repeat. No wonder his threats are getting worse. He's being rewarded for it.
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Replying to @emptywheel @juliehdavis
careful marcy, don't want to cross a "red line"
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Oh, I cross red lines all the time. It's why I'm not in the WH press corps.
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Replying to @emptywheel @juliehdavis
and you do it without the press interviewing you at a golf club having to suggest what a "red line" could be!
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