U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had not changed his view that Chinese President Xi Jinping was effectively a dictator, a comment likely to land with a thud in Beijing after the two leaders held straightforward summit talks.
Early reports are saying that Biden said under his breath " A dictator says what?"
I think it's a self perpetuating system. The reporters who can intuit the correct questions and illicit the desired responses are lauded by their superiors and promoted, the ones that don't toil in obscurity or drop out. The reporters at the top model the desired behaviour for the newcomers who either get with the program or go nowhere.
The system self-selects for sensationalists and ideologues and very rarely does anyone feel like they were instructed on how to report so they can say with sincerity that they had full editorial freedom while still doing exactly what their superiors want them to do.
Politics and management work the same way. Everyone toes the line, but most don't even really know that there is a line or who it was that drew it.
I think it's a self perpetuating system. The reporters who can intuit the correct questions and illicit the desired responses are lauded by their superiors and promoted, the ones that don't toil in obscurity or drop out. The reporters at the top model the desired behaviour for the newcomers who either get with the program or go nowhere.
The system self-selects for sensationalists and ideologues and very rarely does anyone feel like they were instructed on how to report so they can say with sincerity that they had full editorial freedom while still doing exactly what their superiors want them to do.
Politics and management work the same way. Everyone toes the line, but most don't even really know that there is a line or who it was that drew it.