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media training so here's a tutorial on how not to answer questions
when talking to reporters whether it's 101 or at a press conference a jewish
here's the situation don't last year the mayor of New York City
was being questioned yesterday hun reporters are
media training a lot of new yorkers be like you don't live by your own rules
you said you want to really enforce speeding
anti speeding provision and
you were caught speeding in your police detail here's how
DiBlasio answered it's not the worst answer only does commit a fundamental
blunder
he says let me just respectfully say
media training I'm not interested in the construct up what you
hasn't individual think many new yorkers
think I say that with absolute respect
I talk to new yorkers all the time I college talk to new yorkers all the time
media training let's not get into this concept a any
one of us will speak for all the people was really saying is to the reporter hey
I think your juror
that's what you think you think I'm being hypocrites now what
media training New Yorkers think that's a poor way the answer question for starters
there's this whole gigantic quote in the New York Times
the paper record at least for in New York I'll
the blast you're looking defensive and argumentative
media training and and trying to dodge this issue not effectively
yes some the other big problem for the class you know is
that reporter's question is fair game whether that reporter actually talk to
went out and talk to a million reporters it's obviously fair game over press
if they River politician stands up and says
I want to crack down on speeding in this town and then
reporters catch the politicians speeding around town
that's it I'm not saying it's the worst part person in the world but it is
media training hypocrisy in its a very fair question
so here's what did last year did wrong he
analyze the question from a reporter openly
and he was way too complicated and his answer
if he dis- approves tougher disagrees with the premise
that the reporter puts forward should not waste time
rebutting promises issue simply say what
he wants to set so if I'm the mayor
and his reporters TJ a lot a new yorkers
feel very strongly that it's hypocrisy is on your part to be speeding in
talking about cracking down on speed
I might inwardly be thinking every single thing Bill de Blasio just
separate
out really what I'm going to say is I think what most new yorkers care about
is keeping the streets say for walking across
for their families their children they want safe streets they want people
following laws
and although I'm not perfect I'm doing everything I can to try to increase the
level of safety
in New York now reporter might not love
the answer but I can't really claim that I completely dodged
an the reporter kept quote
any part of that to make me seem defensive
or to get into this whole story topical
you know DiBlasio at were Walker at war with the media
so that is my advice to build blasier you happy can't dodge questions
but if you hear a promise our assumption you don't like
focus on your own premises that relate to the question you ok it
tied up with dollars cumbersome nonsense
as we see today I'm teach you