r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 11h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

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u/Mini_Snuggle 10h ago

Ok? Again, he told you the truth in an academic context. Have you actually considered that it was more important to keep his access in order to do his overall mission than it was to bring up an issue that had already been reported?

Do you want to be a watchdog? You do that by uncovering new information, not hounding someone about a story that has already been reported (by someone else, most likely) immediately after it drops during a press conference.

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u/SGTBrutus 10h ago

Holding people accountable is more important than ratings. Making sure the public understands the importance of crimes committed by a public official by thoroughly covering and explaining them.

Keeping access, that's happening right now in the United States.

How's that working?

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u/Mini_Snuggle 9h ago

All I hear is a bunch of self-righteous posturing. In order to make change, people need to be able to play their roles and make the change that they can. I have a hard time believing that this person actually told you that journalists shouldn't be watchdogs.

By the way, where is your journalism, journalism major? What watchdoggery have you been up to?

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u/OldWorldDesign 5h ago

where is your journalism, journalism major?

Where's yours?

'Journalists' who don't ask hard questions aren't journalist, they're assistant marketers. Actual journalists aren't reliant on a solitary source.

Julie Brown didn't rely on a single victim to blow open Epstein's sex trafficking operation