So the media got their big HRC interview...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Lots of gotcha questions about e mails and horse race questions and one question about Trump...

Nothing about:

ACA
gun violence
TPP
ISIS
minimum wage
SCOTUS
et cetera...


And they whine because she ignores them...

[kenfrequed]

1. So a bunch of crap-questions

No serious economic questions at all?

Did she bother to redirect to policy the way that Bernie does?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. No economic questions.

It's hard to segue from questions about your e-mail server to economic questions.

She will be making an economic policy speech on Mondays so folks here will have something to embrace or reject.

[kenfrequed]

3. Bernie manages to do it...

Even when he is being invited to attack his opposition over some ridiculous nonsense. He even redirected a question that opened up a Clinton Gaffe back towards his economic policy.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. She spoke glowingly of Senator Sanders and defended her own honor.

I would rather a person watch the interview than rely on mine or anybody else's account of it.

IMHO, policy was the last thing on her interlocutor's mind.

[kenfrequed]

6. Hmm...

A question about her opposition seems like the perfect opportunity to redirect to policy as it would highlight practicality and similarities at the same time.

Honestly, I rarely like watching extended interviews with the mainstream media. Too much fluff and nonsense. How long is it?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Twenty or so minutes, maybe less.../nt

[sadoldgirl]

9. It seems you and I watched a different interview

A) She did not speak glowingly about Bernie; she tried to avoid
talking about him as much as he does about her.

B)She was clearly asked about raising taxes, and she deflected
this by referring to her future speech (Monday) about the
economy.

C) She was asked about theClinton Foundation, and she
defended it very well

D)She answered the question about her trustworthiness by
blaming the Repugs and indirectly the media for questioning
it, and said that she trusted the voters instead.

Lastly:Yes, the questions to the most part were either
silly or an effort of "gotcha". The interviewer was bad
indeed, but HRC knew how to digress or to avoid the
most blatantly unimportant questions.

Just my observations.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. If you read my brief account it seems our recollections of it aren't that different...

Every reporter wants to be the one to bring her down...She's more than their match.

[Duckhunter935]

35. She refused to say his name

From what I saw.

[sabrina 1]

37. Do you have a link to the interview? I didn't see it. Policy is always the last

thing on the minds of the Corporate Stooges. They are simply doing the job they were hired to do, DISTRACT the public from the issues.

Bernie has demonstrated how to handle them when they try to steer away from the issues.

Last week I saw two Repubs imitate him when a Corporate Tool tried to question them about other candidates. It was fun to see them imitate Bernie using almost his exact words:

'I'm not here to talk about other candidates. If you want to know what they think you will have to ask them'.

Who was the interviewer btw?

[Duckhunter935]

34. She rushed to answer the tax question

I think that one is on economics and is quite important.

[stranger81]

39. Not true -- when asked if she favored higher taxes on the wealthy & corporations, she punted

and said she wasnt going to address that issue until her scripted speech next week.

There should be little wonder why the press isn't asking her many substantive policy questions -- she doesn't like to answer them.

[peacebird]

5. Is there a transcript up anywhere yet?

[kenfrequed]

7. Oh that would be good!

I much prefer that sort of format.

[hrmjustin]

10. The interviewer needs to go back to journalism school.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Did you watch it?

Lots of gotcha questions and when Brianna Keilar didn't get her she said HRC was defiant.

[hrmjustin]

12. I did watch it and Kellar's description of her interview was rather exaggerated.

You could see Hillary knew she made a mistake by allowing her the first interview.

Hillary was fine but Kellar did not know her homework and Hillary corrected her.

[Laser102]

16. She did very well. Answering the email question by pointing out there were no rules in place.

She said NOTHING bad about the other Democratic candidates. She answered the question of the Clinton foundation with basically pointing out the work the foundation has done around the world. This, for the interviewer translated into, she was defensive. What a bunch of crap. Vox had an interesting piece on Hillary and how the press salivates at every imagined scandal involving the Clinton's. Why she even bothers with these jackals is beyond me.

[Man from Pickens]

13. So she selected a poor interviewer?

and then it's the fault of the good ones - which aren't that hard to find - that they get ignored?

How about your candidate dealing with the press like a mature adult, rather than as a scorned lover?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. The press needs Hillary more than Hillary needs them.

I was party to a civil suit that took millions to litigate and settle...

Brianna Keilar treated the interviews as a deposition and HRC as the deponent and she neither shook HRC or got her to admit anything she didn't want to admit...

She whined afterward that Hillary was defiant because Hillary handed her her ass...

[Man from Pickens]

25. wow

Whether or not HRC needs the press, the people of this country sure do, especially when it comes to vetting candidates for the highest office in the land.

Her position against the press is disqualifying in and of itself. Is she going to do her own thing and ignore the press as President, too?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. Why not?

God made the press no better than me and granted them no more right to demand someone's attention than I have.

[Man from Pickens]

29. Representative government requires public consent

The press is the proxy for the people in obtaining the information necessary in order to meaningfully participate in a representative government. Having the right to cast a vote is meaningless if you don't also have the right to the information necessary to make an intelligent and informed vote.

In no unclear terms HRC has established that she does not agree that being informed is an essential part of public participation in democracy. It makes sense that she thinks that way, as the more people know about her and her intentions, the more horrified they become, so an information blackout is to her advantage.

It's a gross insult to the country that she thinks she can get away with it; I say let her try anyway, it's not like you could stop her.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. I missed the shareholder meeting where I got to vote for FOX NEWS as my proxy.

"The press is the proxy for the people in obtaining the information necessary in order to meaningfully participate in a representative government..."

I missed the shareholder meeting where I got to vote for FOX NEWS as my proxy.

[Man from Pickens]

40. false equivalence

It's not just FNC she's avoiding - she avoids ALL press.

Running for President where you need millions of votes, and avoid the channels for communicating with that many people? That is either a breathtakingly arrogant strategy or someone didn't think it all the way through.

Why would anyone seriously consider a candidate for President who can't handle press? Is this a preview of what getting answers to questions about the operations of the Federal government might be like if she is elected? If so, an ominous sign indeed.

[emulatorloo]

31. The U.S. Press is nothing more than a megaphone for GOP talking points.

Interviewers treat Republicans with wide-eyed wonder and delight, and treat Democrats as if they are suspected criminals.

Yes there are some outlets that actually attempt to research and do actual reporting, but they are very rare these days.

[tazkcmo]

36. God made the press?

Was this on day 8?

[sabrina 1]

38. The Press is extremely important to a Democracy. It's too bad that when he was in

office, Clinton did away with the Fairness Doctrine opening the door to a Corporate Controlled media. Their job now is to determine which of the candidates will be most friendly to Corporations, when it should be to determine which candidate is most representative of the people.

Democracies cannot exist without a fair and open press which is the bridge between the people and those asking for positions of power in our government.

Bernie Sanders knows all this, but he uses them to talk to the people no matter how hard they try to steer the conversation away from the issues. He has TOLD them to their faces that the people want to talk about issues, and demanded to know from them if they are going to allow Candidates to do that.

His handling of Chuck Todd eg, was masterful. Todd spluttered and kept on trying but he failed to distract Sanders no matter how hard he tried repeatedly to ask his 'scripted' questions.

Each time they read off their scripted questions, Sanders tells them he is there to talk about issues that are important to the people. And each time he overwhelms them to the point of making them look ridiculous.

I didn't see Hillary's interview so I can't comment on how she handled it.

[Thinkingabout]

27. Exactly, who has bitched more, I know they want the story, about what, go for the story and not

the GOP scandals.

[sadoldgirl]

17. I wished the media would not

rewarm the issue of the foundation or the e-mails again
and again. They should know that the answers won't
change.

No questions about Wall Street or the banksters.
The only policy issue brought up was immigration.

If they really want a "horse race", they have to
do a heck of a better job. But, then again it was
CNN.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. The M$M is interested in atmosphere, not issues, you know that./nt

[emulatorloo]

32. More melodrama means they can charge more for ads.

[Jefferson23]

19. They're useless, their intent is so clear about it too. Shameful. n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. If I was a Sanders supporter I would have been disappointed...

All process questions that she could see coming a mile away and dance around.

[Jefferson23]

22. I am a Sanders supporter but everyone should be disappointed with that interview.

The MSM is a very bad joke and they do not serve their original purpose...democracy
has been undermined, they own that whether they ever admit it or not.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. She has her answers for her e-mail and the Clinton Foundation

She has her answers for her e-mail, the state of the race, and the Clinton Foundation and she's sticking to em... Asking her about them doesn't move the ball one iota.

[Jefferson23]

24. They should because it is their job, ask her about her platform in detail.

They deliver instead the usual empty headed bobble head nonsense.

[Cali_Democrat]

21. And people wonder why Hillary spurns the media

This is exactly why.

They aren't interested in covering real issues.

BENGHAZI!!!!!!

[NCTraveler]

28. Every person here would be cheering her treatment of the press....

if it weren't for one little thing. I love how she is dealing with them.

[mcar]

41. Yes!

Suddenly the press is so wonderful and important now that mean old Hillary isn't talking to them all the time.

If Bernie was keeping the press at arm's length, I am willing to bet that many DUers would be congratulating him. Odd how opinions change...

[mmonk]

33. Proof the media isn't looking for policy information.

They are transparent as hell.