I wonder if the WHPC had gone on strike against off the record WH briefing years ago if they'd have been better able to counter Trump.
@OKnox Agree. But wouldn't effective boycott--of either candidate or WH--require participation of all? @gregorykorte
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@emptywheel Journalists are incapable of organizing a boycott. We see it as antithetical to the First Amendment. -
@gregorykorte I'm a journalist too, you know. One who chooses not to play certain games at all. -
@emptywheel Every journalist has to have their own rules about what games they will and won't play. That's why a boycott is impossible. -
@gregorykorte :) It has a lot to do with what so-called journalistic ethics actually get enforced and which don't -
@emptywheel Look, if every news outlet followed the sourcing policies they claim to have, a lot of bogus stories would never publish. -
@gregorykorte We agree there. So you're saying journalistic ethics are a sham? ;p -
@emptywheel@gregorykorte There are ethical ideals, but what's actually practiced by individual reporters varies & is sometimes kept private -
@joeguillen We seem to be getting to core of the issue. If so-called ethics are selective but that's all press has, then what?@gregorykorte - 2 more replies
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@emptywheel@gregorykorte yes. But TVs quietly cut deals with Trump Campaign about rally coverage. Per Buzzfeed and colleagues. -
@OKnox Yes! That BuzzFeed thing is still the best thing written about Trump phenom.@gregorykorte -
@emptywheel@gregorykorte I can tell you that collective action by reporters is difficult. -
@OKnox I get that. But I do think Trump exploited that.@gregorykorte -
@emptywheel@gregorykorte honestly I am struggling to see the connection. Unless you mean we failed to develop habits of collective action. -
@OKnox Let me ponder how to say this properly.@gregorykorte
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