{"id":141201,"date":"2013-08-10T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=141201"},"modified":"2013-12-09T11:33:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T16:33:33","slug":"how-hard-hitting-interviews-have-killed-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/video-of-the-day\/08\/10\/how-hard-hitting-interviews-have-killed-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#8220;Hard-Hitting&#8221; Interviews Have Killed Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZl7oCPcTqU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When &#8220;serious journalists&#8221; are around equally serious lying, preening and self-promoting politicians, their techniques will naturally be affected. The result is either an insipid, tail-between-legs sequence of nods, feigned laughter and facile banter about the family cocker spaniel (a la Barbara Walters) or shouting bouts where the so-called journalist must prove his ego is the size of Canada or immediately perish (re: Bill O&#8217;Reilly). The point is that neither approach lends itself to meaningful, truthful and intellectually-charged discussion, and those who suffer most are the people who care enough about the state of affairs to tune in. We can do better, guys.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When &#8220;serious journalists&#8221; are around equally serious lying, preening and self-promoting politicians, their techniques will naturally be affected. The result is either an insipid, tail-between-legs sequence of nods, feigned laughter and facile banter about the family cocker spaniel (a la Barbara Walters) or shouting bouts where the so-called journalist must prove his ego is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":141273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How &quot;Hard-Hitting&quot; Interviews Have Killed Journalism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We get Barbara Walters or Bill O&#039;Reilly. 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