The silent oligarch
When Petr Kellner of PPF declares in MFD that corruption is worse now in the CR than in Russia, dozens of good follow-up questions are begging to be asked. Who's doing the corrupting? What form is it taking? How are you doing so well in such a corrupt environment? A bold interviewer might ask about the Sazka valuation, the Prague 7 town hall deal, Homolka hospital or PPF's relationships to Tomáš Hrdlička and Miroslav Jansta. MFD didn't ask about any of them. In fact, it didn't ask any fol- low-ups on corruption. Nor did MFD press Petr Nečas when he spoke in a separate interview about the oligarchization of the CR. Sure, it asked about Andrej Babiš, and it got Nečas to mention the well-publicized Kalousek-Hava, Schwarzenberg-Bakala and Sobotka-ČSOB links. But MFD didn't ask Nečas about the biggest oligarch of all, Kellner, and Nečas didn't offer. Both MFD and Nečas know where to draw the line.
Glossary of difficult words
The silent oligarch - the U.S. title of a recent novel by Christopher Morgan Jones;follow-up question - a question on the same or a related topic as the previous question based on the answers provided;
to draw the line - to set a limit on what one is willing to do or accept, beyond which one will not go.