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Message: [QUOTE="A Clockwork Orange, post: 28277, member: 16"] He asked it, Marrone didn't answer. What's the issue? Did it hurt Marrone's feelings? Did Rahme somehow leak incredibly important, top secret information by asking the question? What great harm came of him asking a question about injuries a day after Marrone said he wouldn't talk about injuries? If I were Rahme's editor, I'd be irritated if he didn't at least ask it. It's like at any job out there, sometimes you have to do things knowing you won't get an answer, a client etc... But you have to do it, because it's your job to. Same with Rahme. The faux outrage by a few here is insane. It makes me understand more and more why most people in the U.S. absolutely hate the press. It's partially because they don't fundamentally understand what the job of the press is, and partially because some segments of journalism (24 hour news channels, etc...) have degraded their own ethics and standards to such a point that most people look at them as completely unreliable. What Dave did wasn't egregious, it wasn't awful, it didn't harm. He asked a question that he needed to ask and didn't get the answer. It's done and over with, and I would hope he'd do it again if he were in the same situation. It's little inconsequential issues like this that can lead to big issues with consequences down the road. The reason you ask this question, is the same reason you ask the tough question about the recruit driving around with a $25,000 vehicle on a campus visit. I mean, should they ask those questions? Knowing full well the coach won't answer, or will be p!ssed that the question is even asked? It may be a small thing to you, and you may think that these two things are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but in journalism those two things are exactly the same. Because the result -- your story, informing the public, etc... is what your job fundamentally is. The injury thing might not be that important to people, but to some it is. Those people are paying for your content because they want (in part) answers to those questions. If you don't ask them, well you're not doing your job... for your newspaper, or for the public you serve. So while you think journalists are morons for asking questions that you in particular don't care about, it doesn't mean there aren't many people out there that do care. That's what a free press is. Maybe Dave Rahme isn't Woodward or Bernstein, but he's taught in journalism school the same exact things. Ask the tough questions, follow up on those answers, don't become buddies with the people you cover, etc... These are ethical standards and rules that dictate what journalists (good ones at least) do, and why they do it. Check out this website: [URL='http://www.spj.org']spj.org[/URL] and read up on what a journalist's job is. It might help you understand why these type of things are important for journalists to do. [/QUOTE]

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