I would not have mined a hard hitting serious interview - Evan one with a rightward spin. But this was just a rehash of Debunked Fox News talking points since the election.
On Monday, February 3, 2014, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > Sky Sports in the UK carried Fox's pre-game show for three hours this > year, and it was the first time I'd ever seen it or any equivalent shows > from previous years. I just found the whole Obama interview toe-curling. > While I wouldn't expect any interview with a nation's leader full of soft > pitches, this was aggressive from the outset and just felt horribly out of > place. Set amidst lots of feel-good stories and celebrity fodder of the > rest of the show, it was just completely out of place. I actually changed > channel as I couldn't watch it. Perhaps it's the liberal in me. > > I totally get that a network wants to maximise the marketing of its assets > with the unique opportunity that the Super Bowl offers, from giving a boost > to a new series in the post-game slot, to pumping the hype for a sister > corporation's movie. But there can't really be many Americans who didn't > know that Fox News isn't Obama's biggest fan. It just leaves a bitter taste > in half the nation's mouths I'd have thought. > > I'm not really sure why there should be a serious news interview crammed > into the beginning of a sports event anyway. Even if that event transcends > sports to an extent and becomes a cultural touchstone. > > > > Adam > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Jim Ellwanger > <train...@ellwanger.tv<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','train...@ellwanger.tv');> > > wrote: > >> On Feb 2, 2014, at 10:41 PM, PGage >> <pga...@gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pga...@gmail.com');>> >> wrote: >> >> > Except - even though Lauer was not an evening news anchor, he is the >> anchor of a news show (I assume Today still is run by the News Division at >> NBC? As I recall Good Morning America is not, but I think Today is)... >> >> "GMA" was transferred from the entertainment division to ABC News in the >> late '90s. >> >> -- >> Jim Ellwanger >> <train...@ellwanger.tv<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','train...@ellwanger.tv');> >> > >> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> tvornottv@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv@googlegroups.com');> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to >> tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to > tvornottv@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv@googlegroups.com');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
