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If reporters really wanted an answer to the question, the next reporter to be called on could just press for an answer to the previous question. But they don’t
by teddyh 3y ago
If reporters really wanted an answer to the question, the next reporter to be called on could just press for an answer to the previous question. But they don’t; in a press conference situation, the goal of reporters is to be seen, so their fame goes up, and to avoid antagonizing the host, since if they do, they won’t be invited to the next press conference.
- lolinder 3y agoEh, that's part of it, but it's also that the next reporter already knew which question they wanted to ask. They probably didn't pay that much attention to the answer to the previous question because they were busy formulating their own question.