Mark Halperin

And you can only hold them accountable

and tell the history, tell the story in real time, the so-called first draft of history, if you're covering what's actually going on, okay?

So let me give you the sports example, make it a little more concrete for you.

At halftime or at the end of a game on the sidelines or on the field, you'll see a sports reporter ask a question of a coach or an athlete.

And often they'll say, halftime, they'll say, hey, coach, what do you need to do to...

to do better in the second half.

Or after the game, they'll talk to someone from the winning team and they'll say, what made the difference in the second half?

These are inane questions because they're not specific, but they allow the coach or the player to give inane answers.

It makes me absolutely crazy.

I could show you a million examples.

I watch it every Saturday and every Sunday in football and basketball in particular.

Here's one example.

Here's a coach asked about a momentum shift in a game and how it turned things around on the sidelines.

Here it is.

I don't even know who the coach or the reporter are, but this is just one example.

So, yeah.

So the sideline reporter says, what a momentum shift.

How huge was that Avian Thomas touchdown heading into the locker room?

Stupid question.

How huge was it?