‘America is the area where you can’t afford totally crazy politics,’ president tells journalism award dinnerPresident Barack Obama on Monday laid some of the blame for the tone of the presidential campaign on political journalism that has been pinched by shrinking newsroom budgets and cheapened by a focus on retweets and likes on social media.
In a speech to a journalism awards dinner, Syracuse University’s Toner prize for excellence in political reporting, or Obama urged journalists to ask tougher questions of the candidates vying to be president.
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Source: theguardian.com