Well, then any mediocre journalist would be asking the obvious next question, “What in the hell were the authorities doing about it for those months?” That would probably have been a good story.
“If it’s been going on nightly for months, did you report it to anyone?” is an obvious question that people would want to know and the reporter should be asking, along with follow up questions depending on the answer.
That’s the problem with most modern journalists. They’re not doing anything remotely akin to investigative journalism. They’re just doing ask softball questions and regurgitate the answer journalism.
“I swear, I was going to report it to the authorities first thing tomorrow morning. Honest!”
Who says they didn’t report it the first night?
Well, then any mediocre journalist would be asking the obvious next question, “What in the hell were the authorities doing about it for those months?” That would probably have been a good story.
“If it’s been going on nightly for months, did you report it to anyone?” is an obvious question that people would want to know and the reporter should be asking, along with follow up questions depending on the answer.
That’s the problem with most modern journalists. They’re not doing anything remotely akin to investigative journalism. They’re just doing ask softball questions and regurgitate the answer journalism.
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