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>>Jim Acosta is the 4th branch. Elected by who? Appointed by who? Accountable to who? Reports to who? And how does one in a democratic set up trust them to do
by kamaal 8y ago
>>Jim Acosta is the 4th branch.
Elected by who? Appointed by who? Accountable to who? Reports to who? And how does one in a democratic set up trust them to do the right thing.
Don't tell us to take it all on good faith and judgement.
>>His job is to find out, on the People's behalf, what the fed is up to, and the federal government (which we pay for) was trying to squirm out of it.
Not it is not.
Their job is to maximize profits for their firms. Anything less and they're very bad at their jobs.
- komali2 8y ago>Elected by who? Appointed by who? Popular market. He gets good ratings. So, technically, democracy, except you vote with your eyeballs. >Accountable to who? Reports to who? Fox, abc, Reuters, etc. As well as us. I didn't say we have NO responsibility, after all, just that we sent someone in our place so we don't all have to drop everything and fly to DC for every press conference. >Their job is to maximize profits Why doesn't Jim just become an investment banker, then? His motivation lie beyond more than money and frankly I'm surprised I have to reiterate that to people on the internet so often. Are you completely money motivated? Really the system isn't that hard to understand, it's a system of checks and balances, with the agencies keeping each other honest. A cabal is somewhat impossible due to the existence of say Fox news or even international outlets with very different motivations.