• BillyGruff82@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I genuinely wonder if US politics would be in the state it’s in, if the US media took their role more seriously and actually asked politicians tough questions. It’s quite obvious that some US politicians are quite insulated and coddled.

    Sounds unprofitable, and against the interest of the majority shareholder(s).

    • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      The clips described above all went viral. I assume the problem isn’t that it’s unprofitable, but that the media are owned by people who want to push an agenda, and are prepared to make a loss doing it.

      It’s a shame there aren’t more streamers and youtubers simply ambushing American politicians, asking them tough questions in an unguarded moment. Eg. “You’re mentioned in the Epstein files x times. Are you a paedophile?” Even if they don’t answer, that kind of thing should elicit an emotional reaction, or make them look bad if they refuse to answer. Enough to make any video of it potentially viral and therefore profitable.