I'm sick of White House reporters acting as stenographers and simply
repeating the administration's lies verbatim. Instead, they should take
every statement, prove or disprove it before reporting on it. If it's
true and verifiable then great. If not, then report the lie, not the statement. Actually, this should be common
practice for every journalist covering any government official.
The first duty of a
reporter is to the citizens of our country. You don't serve citizens by letting the ludicrous lies of Kellyanne Conway, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah
Sanders and all the Trumps go unchallenged.
The people of this administration are criminals. In the past, reporters could simply report what the administration said. Reporters could be relatively sure the White House wasn't lying with the goal of perpetrating a fraud on the American people. Not any more.
Part of the problem is the competition that drives every reporter to be first, without regard for the truth. This behavior has to stop. It's more important to be right, then be first. Real, good journalists have
a lot of work to do to regain public trust. They can begin by not telling us the administration's lies but by telling us about the lies.