Because he's the President... I'm not saying they're right to tuck their tails between their legs, I'm just saying that's why. Last year has further cemented the fact that we do not have actual opposition in our power structure

I keep seeing comments like this. They're silly. Any journalist would have to make up their own mind about where to draw the line.

Nothing's changed. 2 reporters, one was young me, the other a slightly older male. Land developer: I'm giving this printed report to the man from the Buffalo News and not you, girl from the Tonawanda News. Man, to me, later, after the land developer was gone: He shouldn't have done that. Me: Thanks.

They might lose their chance at also being treated like this.

They cower like beaten children

Indeed. Access HAS to stop being paramount.

You can't make someone understand something if their livelihood depends on them not understanding it.

Enough of them need to figure out how to jump together.

His sh*tty, disrespectful behavior has been normalized.

Yes, if they had a set, they would all walk out. It’s disgusting they take it like lap dogs, and it’s disgusting anyone would vote for, or support this jerk. It’s not okay.

I wish somebody with more knowledge would @ the pool right here so they could chime in.

That's the 10 million dollar question no one has answered yet.

I wonder about this… why don’t they walk out en masse or ask exactly the same question? Do they have no sense of professional community???