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Playing dumb when asking questions is journalism now. [View all]
I have noticed this trend becoming really prevalent. A good example of a practitioner of this method is Katy Tur.
One of her guest was commenting on how bad it is that Todd Blanche who not only is a political appointee but also Trump former personal lawyer was meeting with Maxwell.
Tur replied , why is it a bad thing ? The guest had to explain its an obvious conflict of interest and make it more likely than not that this is driven by political considerations to help Trump rather than pursue justice for the people.
Is she playing dumb or is she dumb? Is it because she thinks her audience is dumb so she had to force the guest to spell it out ?
Tur is not the only one doing that. It's very common now.
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