"Why don't you fact check it yourself?" [View all]

I'm a former print news reporter and it ticks me off to see how TV news personalities these days can get away with not doing their jobs as journalists when no-way would their "reporting" pass muster in any newsroom I served in. I know this is a well-discussed topic, but I was prodded to add my two cents' worth after seeing that clip of a reporter yesterday asking Joe Biden to comment on what 45 said about interacting with governors from states hit by the hurricane. I think Biden handled it well and I love the little (well-deserved) jab: "It's called a telephone."

Here's another idea for future similar questions from so-called journalists. Maybe Biden or Harris could reply: "Instead of asking me to comment on another lie from the boy who cried wolf, why don't you fact-check it yourself and then report what you learned?"