▲ 697 ▼ Kremlin's favorite candidate Jill Stein refuses to call Putin a war criminal during interview (boingboing.net) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 312 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [S] 117 points 2 years ago (1 child) Mehdi Hasan is from the UK and that's how they do political interviews in Britain. Like you, I wish we did it in the U.S. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) Interviewers in the US are all about themselves. Making themselves look good and preening in front of the camera. Dogging a recalcitrant subject with repeated questions is a bad look for them. Plus it convinces potential interviewees to stay away! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Probably their corporate overlords have some influence here as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* Interviews in the US are based around stock algorithms. Most media headlines in the US, particularly about companies, are for stock algorithms/fluctuations. "Buy the rumor, sell the news," has been a classic adage for a while. So really these interviews are basically ads. That's why Elon isn't being asked difficult questions about Tesla. If pieces come out trying to tank Tesla, they won't usually include an interview. Trump, as an entertainer and business person, is used to this type of interview and expects it. Unfortunately, advertising doesn't make for good journalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) Interviewers in the US are all about themselves. Making themselves look good and preening in front of the camera. Dogging a recalcitrant subject with repeated questions is a bad look for them. Plus it convinces potential interviewees to stay away! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Probably their corporate overlords have some influence here as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* Interviews in the US are based around stock algorithms. Most media headlines in the US, particularly about companies, are for stock algorithms/fluctuations. "Buy the rumor, sell the news," has been a classic adage for a while. So really these interviews are basically ads. That's why Elon isn't being asked difficult questions about Tesla. If pieces come out trying to tank Tesla, they won't usually include an interview. Trump, as an entertainer and business person, is used to this type of interview and expects it. Unfortunately, advertising doesn't make for good journalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Probably their corporate overlords have some influence here as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* Interviews in the US are based around stock algorithms. Most media headlines in the US, particularly about companies, are for stock algorithms/fluctuations. "Buy the rumor, sell the news," has been a classic adage for a while. So really these interviews are basically ads. That's why Elon isn't being asked difficult questions about Tesla. If pieces come out trying to tank Tesla, they won't usually include an interview. Trump, as an entertainer and business person, is used to this type of interview and expects it. Unfortunately, advertising doesn't make for good journalism. permalink fedilink source parent