Scott McFarlane
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589 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard yesterday
Scott McFarlane’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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See what they recommend.
See what they recommend we ask.
Linear media isn't doing that.
They're not, in a broad way, finding out what the people actually want to know about and bringing those questions to the powerful.
I'll tell you what frustrates me, too, and you see this.
I get really frustrated when I see a name calling of reporters during a briefing, calling them piggy or ugly.
And somebody doesn't stand up and say, you know what, I'm going to surrender my time asking my question and defend the person next to me.
It's a missed opportunity, first of all, Don, because, I mean, that's a great way.
You sound like me.
Why don't they do that, Scott?
it's a missed opportunity.
You understand what credibility you'd earn with so many Americans by just standing up for the person next to you.
Your question doesn't matter nearly as much as that would.
Even out of self-interest, if you want to be really unscrupulous about this, do you understand what it would do for your personal value as a journalist?
Your professional value, if you did that instead of ask another watered-down question that's going to be ducked or dodged.
And I think one of the most fundamental concerns with how media is attacking these issues is these public figures stand to gain if they're asked hard questions, if they're pushed, if they're pressed.
Them knocking the softballs out of the park does nothing wrong.
for their approval ratings, or for their credibility.
They actually want these tough questions, whether they know it or not.
You got to take these opportunities to drill down, make sure that there's no denialism of history, make sure there's no whitewashing of history, and do not allow conspiracy theories to sit out there.
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