When Trump says something stupid to a reporter, why doesn't the reporter say, that's stupid.

[shockey80]

When Trump says arm everybody that is as stupid as you can get. A reporter should tell him that. If they did this they would be calling Trump stupid all the time. Thats the way it should be.

[bearsfootball516]

1. They'd lose access.

And then the only people with access to the president would be Fox, Breitbart, etc.

[Dave Starsky]

5. Someone really needs to explain to me what the problem is with that.

The press has access now, and all they do is parrot his obvious, unquestioned bullshit. So what if they're not around to hear him spew it? Are they sticking around to try to "trap" him in a lie? He lies all the time!

I would LOVE it if the talking heads on cable news said, "We didn't cover the President's press conference today because he apparently said... (insert complete twaddle)… which is not true because... (insert facts)… but you can check it out on Fox or Breitbart, if you really want to waste your time. In the meantime, here's what REALLY happened in the world today..."

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Best answer ever,that is the simple truth.

Until their Employers turn on Trump and his Minions,nothing will change. Remember,it is Comcast and ATT&T as well as Disney who run the Propaganda show.

[dawg day]

2. They actually "translate" his idiocies

"The president called for stronger measures in the justice system to deter this type of event."

Something like that is an anchor-critter "translating" Trump's verbal diarrhea.

[triron]

3. "Normalization" like this is stupid and dangerous.

Abetting a madman.

[sunonmars]

4. I wish someone would buy them this.....

[MineralMan]

6. A reporter's job is to report what happens, not to opine about it.

That's the tradition of news reporting. That's what reporters are taught to do. Now that the "news" has become a 24/7 opinion piece, traditional reporting is harder and harder to find. You can find it at most newspapers, many local TV news operations, and even on the ABC, NBC, and CBS regular morning and evening news shows. Reporters tell what they observed, but don't offer their opinion on it, particularly for political news.

That's the standard. I look for that in the news coverage I watch and read. I want to know what happened, not what a reporter thinks that means. Editorial commentary is not news. It is opinion. It's important to recognize the difference.

It is not a reporter's job to tell a President he just said something stupid. It is the reporter's job to let us know what the President said, so we can make up our own minds.

We need more actual news and less opinion from the media.

[shockey80]

8. One could argue it's a reporters job to report about stupid foolish bullshit lies.

By calling it out you are reporting it.

[cwydro]

9. That's their job. To report the news.

There are plenty of opinion pieces available, but that’s not what reporters do.