Ben Rhodes made this observation back in the Obama administration: news outlets no longer had foreign bureaus and most foreign affairs reporters were young, inexperienced, and reporting from DC.
"They literally know nothing", so they'd just call the White House to get the official line on any given topic.
You should see how the European press is reporting on US news. It's basically a direct translation of the Washington Post while pretending it's their own "educated" opinions.
Ben Rhodes made this observation back in the Obama administration: news outlets no longer had foreign bureaus and most foreign affairs reporters were young, inexperienced, and reporting from DC.
"They literally know nothing", so they'd just call the White House to get the official line on any given topic.
You should see how the European press is reporting on US news. It's basically a direct translation of the Washington Post while pretending it's their own "educated" opinions.