Martin Nutty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jensorensen" class="u-url mention">@<span>jensorensen</span></a></span> </p><p>That captures the sorry state of much of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MSM</span></a> when it comes to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Election2024</span></a></p><p>Real <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journalism</span></a> requires practioners to ask every member of the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOP</span></a> to clarify whether they are in alignment with the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/VerminSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VerminSpeech</span></a></p><p>Real <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journalists</span></a> do not accept the usual evasive tactics utilized by pols in evading hard questions by attempting to run the clock down because of the tyranny of time slots</p><p>No moving on or spinning away without answering the question </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>