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Originally Posted by BigBen931
I think that the funny part came when the guy at the microphone kept responding to EVERY QUESTION with "We don't have any more information, I cannot comment on that, I can't speculate on that" etc, etc so that he was trying to say "Fuck off, This news conference is over" in a very Canadian way...
I mean, I sat and watched this thing go on for about 15 minutes. That is a long time to say "I don't know, and even if I did, I can't tell you without getting my ass sued off."
The reporters were crying for this guy to speculate, and he would not fall for the bait.
I think that is bad journalism.
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(shrug)... it's only bad journalism is they don't ask the questions. If they didn't ask the questions they wouldn't be doing their job, which is to ask questions and write up the story.
Clearly, the spokesperson was just that, a spokesperson. I watched him answer two questions and he clearly had a lot of media training under his belt.
HIS job was to go out and meet the press (have to look like they aren't hiding anything) and offer only as much information as is neccessary.
In the end, press conferences are just psuedo-events that end up offering very little beyond the initial statement to the press.