I’m sure if Wright could have a do over he’d still have criticized the tone, but left the veiled threat to limit access out. But guess what - these people are human and he was pissed. I think your take is correct Chris and I also get ST’s previous point. The reason I reacted harshly is that this guy posted that part of the interview specifically so he could look like a hard-nosed ‘journalist’ asking ‘tough’ questions.
I’ve criticized Jason Wright at times because he deserves it, but I don’t think this was one of those occasions. I have a problem with rudeness and I’ll go old guy ‘get off my lawn’ here in saying that younger generations have a seeming disregard for respect in general and seem to have trouble communicating in a civil tone. Maybe it’s growing up with social media and open political warfare, but it’s definitely a generational thing.
People want to focus on Jason Wright, but the core issue is a reporter being beyond rude for his own purposes. He should apologize and none of this has anything to do with ‘journalistic integrity’ or anything else.