Without judging @JamesRosenTV's motives, I will say that sometimes reporters ask striking questions to evoke a response, and he blurted his question out as she was walking away. He had no time to frame it delicately. [Thread] 2. People tend to read into the questions asked by reporters, as if those questions reveal something about us. Not always fair. Often we ask questions that are deliberately provocative, not because we're biased, but because they will evoke the most passionate response.