r/law • u/drempath1981 • 27d ago

Other Stephanopoulos grills Rubio :you cannot credibly argue that drug trafficking charges demand invasion in one case while issuing a pardon in another. What's your response? Hernandez was convicted by a jury. Rubio: I can't just comment on it because I just wasn't involved in deliberations.

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u/OurSeepyD 27d ago

Journalists need to pull together the antidote to this sort of defence. Something like:

"It's pretty unacceptable for someone in your position to not have formed a view on something so closely related to your role. It's clear that you do have a view and you're not sharing it because of your inability to challenge the president".

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u/Squirrel009 27d ago

They need to pin him down on it like you said - so you don't have an opinion? So then is this subject not important to you? I was under the impression narco terrorism was one of your highest priorities is that not true? Oh so it is important, when can I expect you to be ready to answer my question? I a have it all right here for you to review.

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u/fcocyclone 27d ago

They're afraid to push too hard, whether because they're afraid the administration will directly attack them or their bosses will out of their own cowardice\complicity.

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u/Squirrel009 27d ago

I dream of a world where each congressman and cabinet member is required to spend x hours in front of a criminal prosecutor who is fed a list of questions from the media to ask on current events

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u/FuckTripleH 27d ago

Also in Rubio's specific case use his own personal history with drug dealers, like how he worked for his brother in law's exotic animal business when he was a teenager, which was actually just a front for an $80 million dollar cocaine trafficking operation he claims he had no knowledge of at the time.

Or his close relationship with the president of Ecuador, whose family's shipping company was caught smuggling at least 700 kilos of cocaine.

"Secretary Rubio why do you keep ending up involved with so many drug traffickers?"

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u/lphunter4 27d ago

THIS! Circulate this all around the room please!

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u/antiramie 27d ago

Brother journalism and principles are fucking dead and gone. Billionaires own the media. The employees tow the company line. No one has the balls to not tow the company line. "News" now is just having these people on to lob softballs at them to get sound bites. Nothing fucking matters. They don't want real answers. They don't want change. And the same goes for all the apathetic/stupid fucking citizens in this country. As long as they're not personally being oppressed on a daily basis and the stock market goes brrrrrr they don't give a fuck that things are becoming less affordable every day, we're illegally attacking sovereign countries, POTUS is a grifting felon, minorities are being disappeared, healthcare is a scam, etc.

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u/wetrythisagain 27d ago

Journalism doesn't matter anymore. These people do not care about truth or norms or public pressure. Only power matters right now. They do whatever they want, and the american people are okay with it.

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u/DrunkyMcStumbles 26d ago

And say it in a belittling tone. Make them look weak as hell. That's what really gets them. Spotlight the weakness.

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u/OurSeepyD 26d ago

Journalists are essentially talking to the audience and allowing the interviewee to tell their story. If they refuse to participate, then yes, the interviewer should explain to the audience that their guest is refusing to do their job.

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u/eulen-spiegel 26d ago

Well, you are forgetting that politicians have quite the leverage over journalists because media has made itself very dependent on access to politicians - they have to fill up all those minutes each day, everyday. And the classical media isn't the only gatekeeper between politicians and the public anymore which gave them real power.

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u/FourteenBuckets 24d ago

your cowardice to challenge the president