Pageant Questions: Reporters, The Media

Pageant Sample Questions: Your Views the Media, the Press, Reporters

• Who is your favorite woman television journalist?


• What is your strategy for effectively dealing with the press?


• Are you cautious in dealing with the press?


• Do you think that the media is generally biases toward the more liberal viewpoints and that it is hard for conservative views to have fair coverage by the media?


• Do you think that the major news organizations such as the New York Times, NBC, ABC, etc. have a double standard, where Democrats are given more favorable coverage, while Republicans are generally given more negative coverage?


• What is your strategy for effectively dealing with the press?


• Do you think the news media should be allowed to disclose the contents of illegally intercepted cell phone conversations?


• A Chicago newspaper publicly exposed a U.S. ambassador's wife as a CIA operative. Are reporters betraying our country when they publish the identities of our agents?


• Do you think the United States has done enough to help countries in Asia and Africa hit by the tsunami?


• What is your opinion of Dan Rather? Do you agree that he should have stepped down as anchor of CBS news?


• What is your opinion of Fox News’ Glenn Beck? Bill O’Reilly?


• Oprah Winfrey is retiring. Who would you like to see replace her? Can anyone fill her shoes?


• Do you think the media is living up to their responsibility to simply report the facts instead of making the news? Are they emphasizing entertainment over serious news?


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