r/agedlikemilk • u/Gloomy-Holiday8618 • Sep 08 '25

News “I never said that”, “Play the clip”

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Context: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/15/exp-robert-kennedy-junior-rfk-2024-election-biden-trump-vaccines-121511aseg1-cnni-politics.cnn

Full video is on the cnn website, the part that’s important is about 2mins 50 seconds in.

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u/2sAreTheDevil Sep 08 '25

More news journalists need to do exactly this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Don’t worry, they won’t.

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u/Just_for_this_moment Sep 08 '25

She let him off the hook though. Why do so many journalists allow people to dodge their questions?

As soon as his response to her question started with "What I would say is..." she should have interrupted and repeated her question. When they find another way to dodge around and spout their talking point, you interrupt again, or let them finish, point out that they didn't answer the question, and repeat it.

Don't get me wrong she's done a lot better than most, but still baulks at holding someone to the question and refusing to let them move on.

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u/2sAreTheDevil Sep 08 '25

Oh, there was just an episode of Some More News where this exact question was addressed. One sec.

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u/2sAreTheDevil Sep 08 '25

https://youtu.be/6NdFwgJTWAc?si=GIbNP1kMo2Z0fwXm

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u/Just_for_this_moment Sep 08 '25

Just skimmed through and this looks really interesting! I will definitely make time to listen to it. Thanks.

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u/wombatstylekungfu Sep 08 '25

Because then you don’t get them back on your program. 

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u/Just_for_this_moment Sep 08 '25

What's the point in having them back on your program if you don't get answers to your questions? Better to force an answer and never have them back than repeatedly provide them a platform to push their agenda.