Boomtown

No amount of faith in the mainstream media survives first contact with the mainstream media.
— Konstantin Kisin

As a follow-up to what I wrote the other day, listen to this interview of Kisin by a journalist (there’s even an indirect reference to this Musk quote).

(Youtube)

It quickly becomes clear that the journalist isn’t looking for information, rather he is looking for someone to say the thing he wants someone to have said and he keeps trying again and again to get the quote.

Kisin is no amateur and was probably wary before the interview even started, which probably explains why he was recording it in the first place*.

As the interview progresses the journalist pauses longer and longer and it seems like he is running out of ways to get the answer he wants, and yet he persists.

When they write about something, or someone you know, or worse still, write about you, it becomes immediately obvious that the objective is not to seek or reveal the truth, it’s to advance an agenda. If this sounds a little out there or conspiratorial I understand, because that’s how I used to think as well; the job of journalist is to expose government corruption, corporate malfeasance, and report the news.

Right?

*) This is actually a good idea. But, despite having given a couple of interviews in the past, my suggestion is to avoid giving interviews if you can. If you must, record them.