#boorishness

Transparent boorishness

The question at hand was this: Why, when Trump hurls one of his infantile insults at a reporter - “piggy,” “stupid,” “ugly,” etc. - fellow members of the press corps don’t rise up in defense of that reporter?

I admit, it’s a fine fantasy: The second reporter says something like: “Excuse me, Mr. President, but we’re just doing our jobs.That was a perfectly legitimate question, so now that you’ve had your tantrum, could you please answer it in a civil manner … without the name-calling ..?"

Ideally some other reporters in the room would join the chorus, making Trump look like the fool he is.

Since I was the only former journalist at the table, I felt compelled to take a stab it it. All I could come up with was, a) such an uprising would become big news and reporters are trained to cover the news, not make it; and b) it would be a conspicuous breach of objectivity.