The act of nailing down an high rank interviewee with questions of wide
public interest, while said interviewee is very unwilling to present any
information on said topic.
It can go as far as to make them quit or switch off the live broadcast.
Synonymous to honest, truthful
journalism, as opposed to lobbyism or propaganda.
From Boris Reitschuster, a German Journalist.
Oh wow did you see how Merkel got reitschustered on her lockdown
politics ? She just didn't want to admit that it makes no sense and has no
scientific background, so they pulled the plug and switched off the
livestream.