r/PoursTea • u/willis7747 • 1d ago

Meme Me Up Scotty! Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad

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u/ciopobbi 1d ago

When tough questions are asked they go on attack instead of answering.

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u/No-Shopping-4434 1d ago

Which the reporters need to clarify. “Just to clarify ma’am you’re refusing the answer my question?”

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u/seenitreddit90s 1d ago

They'll just attack again and then refuse to take questions from them.

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u/No-Shopping-4434 1d ago

Of course, but then you run the headline “Belligerent Trump Press Secretary Refuses to Answer a Single Question”

Keep it all on record, don’t let them wriggle out, and blast their incompetence to the world

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u/seenitreddit90s 1d ago

Seen by who?

It isn't MAGA, they'll never listen to the "fake news".

If the incompetence isn't clear to them by now it's almost certain you won't change their minds.

It's a cult.

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u/No-Shopping-4434 1d ago

Silence is compliance. I’m aware that it won’t change the cult’s minds, you’re doing this for the history books so we don’t forget how it was

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u/seenitreddit90s 1d ago

Fair enough, I know it's the best thing to do and the press should be a lot more aggressive but I'm just jaded by the constant shitstorm I guess.

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u/adube440 1d ago

Who is seriously going to run that headline, though? The media is still doing the whole "both sides" routine.

ETA: And I agree with you, it would be nice if we lived in a world where the media was there to make the public informed. But it's just a way to make money, now.

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u/No-Shopping-4434 1d ago

It’s part of journalistic integrity to report the facts, I know that word means very little to news corporations, but reporting on the crumbling of his empire is essential for us moving forward through this part of history and not sinking deeper

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u/adube440 1d ago

Sure. But I doubt we will see corporate media do that anytime soon.

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u/delurkrelurker 1d ago

No recognised brand or large company will want to run ads on your platform (currently a blog). You die of poverty. Your influence is near zero. Do it though. Has to start somewhere. Journalists don't make money by telling big moral truths, They work for companies with investors and owners, who are inextricably linked to the government and the $$$.

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u/AdeptnessPrevious588 1d ago

I'll circle back to you on that.

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u/No-Shopping-4434 1d ago

“Our article will be updated when you choose to comment.” In the meantime ask the question to every democrat you can and include a new question of “Why do you think the administration doesn’t want to answer this?”

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u/seenitreddit90s 1d ago

The Trump style.

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u/Rexdaddy 1d ago

This one will run from the room crying

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u/AdeptnessPrevious588 1d ago

I'll circle back to you on that.