That's your job, not mine. Stunning.

[kpete]

I missed it yesterday, but this exchange between Wolf Blitzer and Sen. Risch is really something.

Link to tweet

[sharedvalues]

1. It IS Blitzers job. Call a lie a lie!!!!!!

The right wing media has no greater achievement than persuading the mainstream media that they can only report what people say — that the media can’t report facts.

That’s bull crap and it harms America. Do your job, Wolf. Report facts based on evidence. Call a lie a lie.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. It's both their jobs.

I'm not giving Blitzer a pass, but in this instance he was calling a senator out for not having moral courage.

[sharedvalues]

24. Both yes

[forgotmylogin]

11. Unfortunately the Administration's response to media callout is always "fake news".

It is Blitzer's job, but it's also his job to clarify what the Administration says and to point out (as here) when someone is passing the buck by abdicating responsibility to call a club a club.

[PatrickforO]

3. After reading this exchange, I found myself wondering what Senator Risch

thinks his job actually IS, if not to debate issues.

Somehow, I don't think Senator Risch is too bright.

[ejbr]

4. Political hot potato n/t

[mcar]

5. I was gobsmacked

Yelling at the TV. Even Blitzed was shocked.

If you can, check out the panel discussion after. Phil Mudd was apoplectic.

[mulsh]

6. Time to update Profiles In Courage.

n/t

[Texin]

7. Yeah, and the second Blitzer, et al point out Shitler's lies, he'll shake his finger and

say "You shouldn't call the President a liar!" That's how it works for these guys. Just keep kickin' the can down that dusty, rutted road until we all go up in a nuclear mushroom cloud.

[BigmanPigman]

10. They (the media) are damned if they do and damned if they don't it seems.

[Iggo]

25. Then do.

If you're damned either way, fucking do it.

[Metro135]

8. It's not a matter of "I don't like this or that"

It's about what is TRUE and what is NOT TRUE.

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scruffy1]

9. I actually agree with him.

It would be more than a full time job to call out the lies coming from the top.This is what the media should be doing, but as long as I've been on this earth they rarely do it. Especially ass wipes like blitzer.

[Iggo]

26. I half agree with him. It's both of em's job.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. He'd be "busy all day long" because tRump LIES ALL DAY long. . . nt

[Locrian]

13. notice how he immediately downgrades it

"criticizing" instead of challenging a lie: "I don't like this, I don't like that".

To them, there is no truth. It's ALL lies. All to hide the real agenda which is to service their rich donors.

[LakeArenal]

14. Be busy all day long?

Isn't he supposed to be busy all day long? How many days is that again "Senator"? 140? It's called your job, sir. It's not even half the time "people" have to work. Lazy, shiftless coward.

[ffr]

15. This shows how far out of touch Republiturds have taken their party.

They don't even know what their duties are in this republic! Did they all skip history and civics classes growing up?

UNBELIEVABLE, except we know them to be incapable of even the most basic average competence.

[Wednesdays]

18. They know full well what they're doing

They may act obtuse, but it's really all part of the plan.

[zentrum]

16. Slimy. He's conflated...

....."criticism" or "things I don't like" with demanding that someone not lie.

Blitzer should have called him on that.

The other thing Risch is inadvertently admitting, is that the President and fellow Senators lie "all day long".

Get braver Mr. Blitzer!

[DallasNE]

17. This Shows How Well Rehearsed The GOP Is On Their Talking Points

Wolf frames the question as something he knows is a lie and shouldn't the Senator speak out about it and the Senator re-frames it into a straw man question about a disagreement then Wolf was not quick enough on his feet to come back with "I'm not talking about disagreements, I'm talking about a proven lie so answer the question".

Finally, the media is doing a decent job of pointing out the lies but they don't stick because the wrong people are asking the questions. Wrong because they are not smart enough to think on their feet and call out people like this Senator. Blitzer got his lunch eaten in this exchange because he lacks the smarts required for the job.

[hvn_nbr_2]

19. That's your job. If you do your job, we'll call it fake news. nt

[0rganism]

20. they're both right: it was BOTH of their jobs, which they completely neglected to do

now press assholes and elected GOP assholes can have cute little dialogues about how the other person was supposed to take action protecting us from our current situation. meanwhile, the rest of the world can drown in the vast mountains of shit spewed forth from all these bloviating assholes.

[Duppers]

21. EXACTLY!!!!!

It's both their F'n jobs to call lies lies.

Blitzer works for CNN, so, damn it, he should watch their current commercial, re: the apple.

[malaise]

22. Saw it live

It was shocking

[raccoon]

23. Risch is junior Senator from Idaho.

I always want to know where they're from.

[underpants]

27. Facts First Wolf?

Haven't you seen your own ad?