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Xavier Breath

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4. Access, access, access.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 04:36 PM

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WHY DO "JOURNALISTS" PUT UP WITH THIS? [View all] senseandsensibility Jul 2025 OP

At least they asked the questions. That's a step up. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2025 #1

Baby steps? senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #2

Corporate media, ABC is owned by Disney. Passages Jul 2025 #3

Access, access, access. Xavier Breath Jul 2025 #4

Access to an unbroken stream of bullshit isn't really access. Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #12

It provides the content they want to attract the eyeballs they desire. Xavier Breath Jul 2025 #16

Whereas if they ever published an actual story about what was actually going on, Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #38

Access mcar Jul 2025 #5

They definitely care more about their careers senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #6

Or about this country mcar Jul 2025 #9

Exactly! DeeDeeNY Jul 2025 #22

Remember the Robert Dziekański fiasco in Canada in 2007? PSPS Jul 2025 #7

But if they did that to trump he might not like them anymore senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #8

because the corporate owners tell them to. nt ImNotGod Jul 2025 #10

If they fight back, he might "put them in the field" like that kid on an old "Twilight Zone." Liberal In Texas Jul 2025 #11

Good point senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #14

I worked in TV news for over 30 some years. Liberal In Texas Jul 2025 #18

They're never going to get substantive responses from a fucking gaslighting clown. maxsolomon Jul 2025 #13

They need to learn from their elders senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #24

My point is that there is no unity left in WH press corp maxsolomon Jul 2025 #26

Beacuse they're not journalists. spanone Jul 2025 #15

The victims are being ignored senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #17

Maybe they're not journalists, but just self-serving attention whores? The days of Rather, Thomas and even Acosta are dem4decades Jul 2025 #19

I've heard many veteran journalists (especially print journalists) senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #30

even millionaires can be good journalists, it's these self-serving assholes that can't.. dem4decades Jul 2025 #37

This bully.... Escape Jul 2025 #20

Well, 'journalism' schools also teach public relations PghTiny Jul 2025 #21

What would you expect them to do? Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #23

And ... you are watching them ... why? CloudWatcher Jul 2025 #25

Yep. They get their sound bites and they're happy. johnp3907 Jul 2025 #27

You assumed I was watching them senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #28

Guilty as charged CloudWatcher Jul 2025 #31

The lying is the story. senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #32

Been wondering the same thing orangecrush Jul 2025 #29

But but but--Joe Biden is old & has cancer, & Hillary's emails! tblue37 Jul 2025 #33

Listen to Lawrence O'Donnell rants about Sneederbunk Jul 2025 #34

when will a journalist tell him pfitz59 Jul 2025 #35

The real journalists are podcasters like the crew at Meidas Touch Network, not the MSM. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2025 #36

If they don't, they're soon fired. Kid Berwyn Aug 2025 #39