Do American News Reporters every demand the question to be answered?

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« on: August 14, 2008, 06:17:27 pm »

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When being interviewed, politicians often dance around the question without answering it. Now, whenever I see this happen two things can happen:
The reporter either accepts the run-around and moves on
Or they repeat the question until they get a damned answer.

We British usually LOVE to do the latter, it's good fun to watch, and I believe one of our news reporters in particular is famous for this, but the few times I've seen American news (*cough*CNN*cough*) they seem to accept the run-around with a smile, as if they actually knew any more than before.

So, do Americans ever pursue the answer?

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Mirby Drifter	Re: Do American News Reporters every demand the ... « Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 06:28:25 pm »
To bomb or not to bomb... Reputation: +6/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 4162	There's this reporter in the Bay Area that does that. She's pissed a lot of people of because of it. Logged
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Chippermonkey	Re: Do American News Reporters every demand the ... « Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 06:46:21 pm »
(b'-')b Jesus Guitar d('-'d) Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 395	I've seen a few reporters that do that. About one from each network. Oddly enough, they're the ones that you don't hear much about or hear from that often. I guess it's not popular around here. I do think they need to do it more often, though. It'd get more than just "what the public wants to hear" from people. Logged
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Mirby Drifter	Re: Do American News Reporters every demand the ... « Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 07:07:05 pm »
To bomb or not to bomb... Reputation: +6/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 4162	I don't see the network reporters do that much (well Chris Hansen could count I suppose), but some of the local reporters do. Heck, the slogan for one of my local stations is Asking Questions. Getting Answers. Logged
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2008, 07:17:38 pm »

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I was watching footage where they were talking about the Olympics, and if they were embarrased about something. It went something like this:

News reporter: Are you embarrassed about ___?
Woman: All the athletes I have asked have not complained to me about anything, and seem generally pleased here.
NR: Yes, but I asked if you were embarrassed about ___.
Woman: As I explained, none of the athletes have complained and are happy here.
NR: But you aren't answering the question. Are you embarrassed about___?
Woman: I have already answered that question by explaining that the athletes, as I'm sure you understand.
NR: But that isn't answering the question. I don't think anybody here understands, or thinks you have answered the question. So please, answer the question. Are you embarrassed about ___?
Woman: I think the other reporters would like to ask questions now, so please sit down.
Other reporters start shouting "Answer the question".
some Chinese guy goes on a big rant about people nit-picking about the Olympics.

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Chippermonkey	Re: Do American News Reporters every demand the ... « Reply #5 on: August 15, 2008, 01:15:33 am »
(b'-')b Jesus Guitar d('-'d) Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 395	Quote from: TheDarkJay on August 14, 2008, 07:17:38 pm I was watching footage where they were talking about the Olympics, and if they were embarrased about something. It went something like this: News reporter: Are you embarrassed about ___? Woman: All the athletes I have asked have not complained to me about anything, and seem generally pleased here. NR: Yes, but I asked if you were embarrassed about ___. Woman: As I explained, none of the athletes have complained and are happy here. NR: But you aren't answering the question. Are you embarrassed about___? Woman: I have already answered that question by explaining that the athletes, as I'm sure you understand. NR: But that isn't answering the question. I don't think anybody here understands, or thinks you have answered the question. So please, answer the question. Are you embarrassed about ___? Woman: I think the other reporters would like to ask questions now, so please sit down. Other reporters start shouting "Answer the question". some Chinese guy goes on a big rant about people nit-picking about the Olympics. Awesome. A chant and a chinese guy rant... all in one! (Unintentional rhyme, too.) Logged
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trelantana	Re: Do American News Reporters every demand the ... « Reply #6 on: August 15, 2008, 07:09:26 am »
Taste the soup of my brain! Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 612	Quote from: Chippermonkey on August 15, 2008, 01:15:33 am Awesome. A chant and a chinese guy rant... all in one! (Unintentional rhyme, too.) ...That deserves to be made into a song. >_> The US of A doesn't have a lot of those types of reporters. Our government system is pretty corrupt, as well. Logged
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