Comments on: It’s Not “Gotcha,” It’s A Question http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/10/02/its-not-gotcha-its-a-question/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-not-gotcha-its-a-question n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: R. Justin http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2008/10/02/its-not-gotcha-its-a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-14731 R. Justin Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:57:29 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/10/02/its-not-gotcha-its-a-question/#comment-14731 AMEN. One can argue that the media is ideologically biased (though the strict <i>partisan</i> bias that has become orthodoxy on the right does not bear out in studies of the issue), but using "the media is biased" as the rebuttal to an uncomfortable question is just whining, pure and simple. If a candidate wants to make an impression, let him/her just answer the damn question, and answer it well. Even if it's loaded or "gotcha" or whatever, griping about it after the fact just makes the interviewee look like a schoolgirl. (Pardon the pun.) A superior candidate — especially on a ticket whose head continually says his opponent "doesn't understand" this or that — should be able to handle it. AMEN. One can argue that the media is ideologically biased (though the strict partisan bias that has become orthodoxy on the right does not bear out in studies of the issue), but using “the media is biased” as the rebuttal to an uncomfortable question is just whining, pure and simple.

If a candidate wants to make an impression, let him/her just answer the damn question, and answer it well. Even if it’s loaded or “gotcha” or whatever, griping about it after the fact just makes the interviewee look like a schoolgirl. (Pardon the pun.) A superior candidate — especially on a ticket whose head continually says his opponent “doesn’t understand” this or that — should be able to handle it.

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