On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 6:28 AM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am also thankfor for this clip (and all the interesting BNL material > Youtube provided in the sidebar). I had not heard about the reunification > and it was a delight to see those guys together again. > > I have always followed politics closely, and have been following the > Trumpocalypse almost to the point of (many in my family would say well past > the point) of pathological obsession. Predictably the Daniels affair is the > least important and most attended to part of the unfolding disaster (though > it may one day form the basis of one o the articles of impeachment). Still, > as many have noted, it is remarkable that this adult film star was so much > more articulate and competent on 60 Minutes than a member of the Trump > Cabinet who was also recently interviewed. > > Daniels made that the highest rated 60 Minutes in ten years, highlighting > one of the questions I had about the whole thing. I dont think it was > unprecedented, but how journalistically ethical was it for 60 Minutes to > hold the interview for two weeks? >
There is nothing journalistically ethical about interviewing her at all unless she was able to produce proof of crimes Trump committed regarding the payoff. It was grossly irresponsible for 60 Minutes to televise her claims of being threatened. Holding the interview as long as they did without producing an interview of substance is pure, crass sensationalism. I am the first person who would like to see Trump’s pelt nailed to the wall, but details of his sexual relationship with this woman won’t make that happen, and they distract from what’s really out there. Had she produced evidence in the interview of the specifics of her payoff coming from campaign funds or from some other agent or group that points to criminal behavior, that’s news. That she willingly had sex with a dirty old man is not news. I realize Anderson Cooper isn’t enough of a journalist to recognize the distinction, but I wish somebody at 60 Minutes could have recognized it and pulled the interview completely. I read they spent a lot of time editing it, but if it was really newsworthy > (and it wasn’t really) shouldn’t they have got it to air last Sunday, > rather than wait for her lawyer to pimp it so expertly on cable news, and > for the huge eastern time zone audience watching the NCAA lead-in)? > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:46 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was as enthralled in Stormy as I was with Lewinsky, which is to say not >> even a little bit. Thanks for sharing the BNL clip. >> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Doug Eastick <east...@mcd.on.ca> wrote: >> >>> While America was all enthralled with the Stormy interview on 60minutes, >>> Canada's excitement was the induction of Barenaked Ladies into the music >>> (Junos) Hall of Fame Sunday night. This was important because it included >>> the temporary re-unification of BNL with Steven Page, who left the band >>> about a decade ago and they haven't really spoken since. >>> >>> you can search YouTube for the CBC Q interview of Steven and Ed >>> Robertson. As well for the video of their Hall of Fame induction speeches. >>> >>> Relevant to this list, the Big Bang Theory theme was written by >>> Barenaked Ladies at the invitation of Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. I'm >>> guessing their residuals are quite nice, because TMZ reported that a former >>> member is suing a current member for $$. >>> >>> Here's the video of the 2 reunified hits played. Enjoy your Canadiana >>> for the evening. >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwjdvgPULRc >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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/d/optout.
