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canetoad

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2. Yep, he did well

Reply to nocoincidences (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 12:17 AM

Aug 2020

I'm still thinking about whether it was the fact that Jonathan Swan is an Australian, that he scored so many hits.

We tend to be the ultimate iconoclasts here. No tall poppy is spared. Being an Aussie, he doesn't have the inbuilt reverence for the office of President that most US journalists have.

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The right way to interview Trump. [View all] nocoincidences Aug 2020 OP

Unfortunately, they don't teach that kind of stuff in journalism school dalton99a Aug 2020 #1

I was taught the "W" questions in 6th grade. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #16

Yep, he did well canetoad Aug 2020 #2

... Kali Aug 2020 #4

Hey Kali canetoad Aug 2020 #5

he did what they all should have been doing all along Kali Aug 2020 #7

Swan is from Australia happyez Aug 2020 #3

Thanks for posting this canetoad Aug 2020 #6

Andrew Olle happyez Aug 2020 #13

Yeah, I remember Andrew Olle canetoad Aug 2020 #15

Cheers for that info on Jonathan Swan, happyez.. & thanks Cha Aug 2020 #9

This was another (someone mentioned them eariler) happyez Aug 2020 #14

"... follow up questions are common everywhere. Why it isn't in the US is a mystery to me..." live love laugh Aug 2020 #12

I love all these articles on the Jonathan Swan interview! Cha Aug 2020 #8

Trump interviews self! forgotmylogin Aug 2020 #10

Questions are Republicans' kryptonite. The most powerful question is WHY. live love laugh Aug 2020 #11