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ZitatMainstream reporters are outraged that conservative media outlets are receiving a significant share of questions at White House press conferences. Only liberal reporters, the line of reasoning goes, are capable of asking the tough questions needed to hold those in power accountable. Here are a sample of questions asked of former President Obama by mainstream reporters.
1. “Golf, what does it do for you?” – CBS
CBS’s Harry Smith opened an interview with Obama during his first year in office by mocking the notion that mainstream reporters could be biased and then concluded it by asking the leader of the free world about golf. “Golf, what does it do for you?” the brave reporter asked.
2.“I’m wondering if you think that [Republican presidential candidates are] uninformed, out of touch, or irresponsible?” – CNN CNN reporters have been especially indignant that conservative media outlets are being called on at White House press conferences. But the outlet’s journalists weren’t always so tough on the White House. In November 2011, CNN’s Dan Lothian spoke truth to power by asking then-President Obama if he thought Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain were “uninformed, out of touch, or irresponsible?“