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JoeOtterbein

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26. I'm not sure what you mean by a "hatchet job", but we want more journalists highlighting....

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #23)

Sun Jul 11, 2021, 09:25 PM

Jul 2021

...great politicians like Jim Clyburn.

By asking tough questions, he allows Jim to make some great points.

If Jim had weak answers, like every GOP politician does every time, then that argument from that politician would have been the one that what/who was "shot down".

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Do you have any opinion of Mehdi Hassan? [View all] Nexus2 Jul 2021 OP

Can't Watch Him Me. Jul 2021 #1

he makes me feel I'm watching a louder XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #2

👆👆👆 Drum Jul 2021 #8

I like him alright. H2O Man Jul 2021 #3

He's an arrogant jerk. ChrisF1961 Jul 2021 #4

He is a real journalist. JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #5

No a real journalist sticks to the facts ChrisF1961 Jul 2021 #13

An example of that would help. JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #16

By definition a real journalist sticks to the facts ChrisF1961 Jul 2021 #17

Are you saying you dislike something he said about Joe? JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #18

No I'm saying he is not a real journalist ChrisF1961 Jul 2021 #20

I watched the interview, but I may have missed it. Please correct me with a quote. JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #24

Yes A real journalist asks questions based on facts ChrisF1961 Jul 2021 #28

I don't watch him enough to give a specific example from memory. Nexus2 Jul 2021 #31

Methinks you are troubled by journalists. cachukis Jul 2021 #19

No I'm troubled by someone calling ChrisF1961 Jul 2021 #22

I don't like him. madaboutharry Jul 2021 #6

Yeah, I have an opinion of him Leith Jul 2021 #7

interesting video Piasladic Jul 2021 #10

Really? I have always been okay with Dawkins Leith Jul 2021 #29

really weird faith Piasladic Jul 2021 #30

He has grown on me. Funtatlaguy Jul 2021 #9

He probes. He stays on the question. cachukis Jul 2021 #11

Refreshing candour mixed with arrogant abrasiveness- I can only tolerate small doses Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #12

I like him until he starts ragging against Democrats and Biden FloridaBlues Jul 2021 #14

Don't forget that Joe wants push-back from the left.... JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #21

He is anti choice so he isn't from the left JI7 Jul 2021 #25

Anything approaching BBC-style interviewing is welcome. Sneederbunk Jul 2021 #15

I cannot watch him either LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #23

I'm not sure what you mean by a "hatchet job", but we want more journalists highlighting.... JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #26

Hasan attacked Rep. Clyburn on the defund the police stupidity LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #32

If I'm understanding your second sentence correctly... JoeOtterbein Jul 2021 #33

Hasan thinks Israel shouldn't exist. Mosby Jul 2021 #27

Not a fan. W_HAMILTON Jul 2021 #34

He has a very British style. Plus I'm not a fan of openly biased journalists Bucky Jul 2021 #35