dlowan wrote:And O'Reilly threw a screaming hissy fit...and became extraordinarily aggressive over THAT?
Australians consider that "extraordinarily aggressive"?
Yes, having just read Finn's drivel, i see the origin of his sarcasm. My apologies to Thomas. That's a pitfall of reading backwards. Your comments about "carrying Franken's water" are without foundation, however. Did you listen to the Franken interview? She tried to put him on the spot, but he just kept lying. She tried to question the bases for his "lying liars" screed, and he just laughed. I suspect he was on his way to the bank . . . and that he laughed all the way.
NPR down in flames? I rather doubt that you occupy the same planet with the rest of us.
They don't know from extraordinarily aggressive...
In my post above, the sentence should read: "She tried to put him on the spot, but he just kept laughing."
Set--
If you read the article written by Dvorkin, NPR Ombudsman, you'll see that is the quote--and the reality. She spoke with a nasal twang, because her nose was actually oinserted in Franken's ass during that interview.
Dys--
Assume the position, as you have earned a very private lashing. I assure you: I am thorough.
dyslexia wrote:I just listened in, I'm thinking Bill really gave it a go and then paranoia crept into his mind=pinhead. Terry is the coolest thing to happen.
Yep...he surely tried to appear normal....then his weirdness reasserted itself.
I guess selling a book made him wanted to appeal to non nuts?
scalawag=A white SOUTHERNER working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction.
Yes, southerners can be both scalawags and reprobates.
I haven't the least interest in the opinion of the Ombudsman. Anyone who has not slept for the last twenty-five years or who is not willfully self-deluded knows that publicly-funded radio and television have been under attack by the right, and have become positively paranoid about it. I am also not interested in Lash's propensity for disgustingly crude scatalogical references to those whom she does not like. I rather doubt that she listens to Miss Gross, and i doubt that she heard the Franken interview. At all events, the Ombudsman's opinion means nothing to me, because i don't rely on others to form my opinion for me.
It is worthwhile to listen to the Franken interview and then to listen to the O'Reilly interview. That is the order in which they took place and were broadcast. Both are forceful personalities, and both ended by dominating the interview. In Franken's case, his hilarity was infectious (which is not to be wondered at, his career is as a comedian), and Gross' best efforts to pin him down on the basis for his charges that O'Reilly lied were the occasion for more hilarity on his part, until Miss Gross could not help but laugh herself. And Franken had done his homework--he is able to prove that O'Reilly lied.
O'Reilly was his typical morose, bullying self, and it is only to be wondered at that the interview lasted as long as it did. He came looking for trouble, suspicious to the point of paranoia, and when he couldn't find a specific basis for complaint, he became hysterical and charged her with not being as tough on Franken as she was being toward him. Then he had his hissy fit and stormed out. Listen to both interviews in order, then make up your own minds.
It is easy to be charming when the host is blowing you during the interview. If you aren't in denial due to your political bias, you will agree that the platform the media manipulates for you has a great bearing on how you come off in an interview.
She is a liberal wiht an axe to grind--and if she were a pundit, that would be fine.
She's not.
She is supposed to be a straight news interviewer--but she has the ability to choose varied subjects.
I have listened to her extensively, during my commutes over the past year--and I generally think she's great at what she does.
However--she proved O'Reilly's accusations to be true when she "carried Franken's water" for him--by going after O'Reilly, rather than giving him the same treatment she does everyone else.
If the NPR Ombudsman's opinion is of no interest--you choose not to gather varied sources before you form your opinion.
Because, you jump to the left--no matter what the facts are.
I will say, for the record, I can't stand O'Reilly. I still recognize bias, however, and a complete divergence from someone's normal routine--as was this interview of Gross's.
Interesting idea there Setanta...I hadn't thought of that approach since I had only listened to O'Reilly...it's one of my annoying habits, skipping over anything with Al Franken.
Thanking you in advance.
dyslexia wrote:
Yes, southerners can be both scalawags and reprobates.
You still want to be a pirate. Is that the problem?
A Johnny Depp/Keith Richard pirate.
Step off! I'm trying to get him in the sack.
You're disturbing my vibe.
<kidding>
So, are you trying to tell us something with your XXXs?
I prefer to think of meself as a Val Kilmer ilk.
