Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
Journalists can get very pompous, especially in the formalized days of 'Meet the Press,' when they took themselves so damned seriously.
There's a longstanding tradition that journalists don't cheer in the press box. They have opinions, like anyone else, but they are expected to keep those opinions out of their work.
If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.
Not all journalists are really journalists. They ask such stupid questions sometimes, especially the newer ones, and because... these people can't tell if you're joking around, you just can't have any sense of humour; you really can't.
I absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it's like accusing a doctor of malpractice or a lawyer of malfeasance.
There's not a lot of original ways to get attention in the press.
The press are animals, and they need to be treated that way.
I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track.
It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.