More post speech coverage analysis…
CJR Online both praises and pans CNN’s coverage today of the President’s speech…
The latest came this morning around 6:20 a.m. on CNN’s “Daybreak” when Carol Costello interviewed Rep. Robin Hayes, R-N.C. (Fort Bragg, the location of Bush’s speech last night, is in Hayes’ district.) The transcript is worth a read because it’s a rare example of a television reporter challenging an elected official who the reporter knows to be peddling falsehoods
And on the other hand…
CNN became a little fixated itself — so much so that the Hayes-Costello exchange was replayed all morning on CNN, on CNN Headline News, and on CNN Europe — and that’s not so good.
Read it all here…
I have to hand it to Costello, who is not a very good interviewer. SHe gave a strong, credible performance. It might have been good if she had also known that the September 11th Commission found no links of operative connections between al Qaeda and Hussein, but I suppose a basic knowledge of truth is hard to come by these days.
Comment by moi-meme — June 30, 2005 @ 2:46 am
I think Bob Costas did a good job interviewing the politicians after the address tuesday night on LKL. He was kinda stepping on some toes. Some toes that would not have been stepped on if larry king was in the chair. I think it’s about time the media in general started asking REAL questions vs. the side stepping that’s been going on.
Comment by Hairy — June 30, 2005 @ 12:22 pm