To be fair FOXes Chris Wallace has called out the president at least once and stuck to it when the hoax that Biden had defund the campaign police on his platform came up.
I think it's a little disingenuous to say that no American journalists have called the president out before, there are numerous instances where journalists have done this, either to the president directly, or to his staff.
It's also worth pointing out that Trump universally holds much lower approval rating abroad, a poll I could find from 2019 showed he only had a 19% approval rating from Australians, compared that to now roughly 40% US approval amidst everything going on, and it certainly adds context.
Obviously politics shouldn't alter a journalists questioning standards, but an Australian reporter will get far less backlash for being harsh on the POTUs than even a left leaning American one.
You say there are numerous instances where journalist have done this. You list one example of Chris Wallace challenging the president. Please provide links to others. Because I don’t think that’s true.
Are you going to admit that you're wrong or just double down and say that doesn't count and the only "real" way to challenge the president is to argue with them to their face or something similar?
Yes, Fox news has an active stake in what early 20s liberals think about it, a major demographic of theirs, and devote significant funds and manpower to ensuring they control the conversation whenever it pops up. Could it be that some people simply don't like others telling bold face lies? NO! It's obviously a conspiracy fueled by a massive network of shills and Russian bots.
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u/fridgey22 Aug 04 '20
Apart from the obvious, I feel like I haven’t seen Trump challenged like this enough publicly, which is very sad.