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Pete Buttigieg: “If they [traditional media] were to report something…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Community Conversation between Mayor Randall Woodfin and Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Published | Video Starts at 51:10

Right? So there are traditional forms like print media and broadcast media. Some of them are here. They have an obligation to present multiple sides of a story. And If they [traditional media] were to report something inaccurately, we could call them and they would change it because they adhere to journalistic standards. Right? That's used to it. As president. What's that? Is that used to. And that's present. Sometimes you have to call twice, but that's. That's how it is. That's how. (51:10–51:19)

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Asserts that traditional media corrects inaccuracies due to adherence to journalistic standards.

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