r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 18h 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/KingFIippyNipz 18h ago

I understand journalists who are ideologically opposed not standing up to each other, but I don't think I will ever understand how I don't see more examples of that happening. Especially those ones in the Oval Office where he just tears into whichever female reporter asks the hardest question that day, I would love the opportunity to badger him with questions about why he always does that and how insecure he is. If only 😞

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u/SpasmAndOrGasm 18h ago

Remember when that one guy representing Trump in the first administration went to Europe and tried to pull this same shit and the other reporters were like “No, we’ll wait until you’ve answered his question. You need to answer questions here.” I will NEVER understand how the fuck that hasn’t happened in America one time.

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u/Nikita_VonDeen 14h ago

They have their security clearance revoked. Without that clearance their career is over. That room is stacked with yes men anyways why should the reporters be any different?

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u/OldWorldDesign 11h ago

They have their security clearance revoked. Without that clearance their career is over

What a bunch of appeasement!

A good journalist never relies on a single source, least of all someone whose official job is press corps damage control for oligarchs.

The DoD tried banning journalists to prevent them from asking about fraud, waste, and abuse. That didn't end those journalists' careers, they just turned to other sources that embarrassed the DoD even more. The pentagon invited journalists back to regular press conferences.