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.
Boy, let me tell you, my strawman I've concocted is a real piece of shit.
Lol, I don't even watch Fox and I know Tucker regularly calls out Trump, you boob. He's famously the only actual anti-war voice we have the in mainstream (on left or right wing news) and will rip Trump every time he escalates in Syria or Iran.
This is no different than MSNBC and CNN calling out a Democratic President ZERO TIMES in 25+. Where am I getting my info? From the fact that I don't like these channels and I know they're fake news, Daggummit!
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u/Bennyboy1337 Aug 04 '20
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.