Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
I wouldn’t go that far but I’d be happy for the journalists we have to be more persistent regarding some of the interviewee tactics we see theses days - to be even handed about it I’ll mention two - the conservatives absolute refusal to answer difficult questions in any way and deflecting by answering something else, and labours habit of answering every question with a response to their ‘hobby horse of the day’. I know one side is actually coached on their habit, I guess both sides are. An inquisitor human or otherwise who would keep going at it like Paxman would be great


To be fair thats a standard approach to responding to interviews, if you don't like the question, ignore and give a different answer and if you have a message to get across then just repeat that and ignore any questions.

It then depends upon the interviewer, whether they are just briefed to ask questions, or whether they are interrogating the person trying to get the answer they want or to provoke a careless retort.

The news these days is so arbitrary, Ioften wonder who decides whats newsworthy and who is in a position to know the details?