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		nostromo on March 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Calling for public input on our approach to world ... I don't trust the media enough to honestly and accurately convey information from my elected officials to me. And while press releases on whitehouse.gov are a step in the right direction, the fact that they are press releases usually makes them anodyne and uninteresting. The best approach is the one we used to have: a non-partisan (or at least, bipartisan) press corps asking elected tough questions live on television. But that has been lost for some time now.

concordDance on March 20, 2021 [–]

Why live?

Live means politicians will mispeak and can be interrupted before getting their message across.

Izkata on March 20, 2021 | [–]

That's also its advantage - the press can't selectivity edit it to push their viewpoint.

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