Al on Varney & Company--Fox Business Channel

[mellow weasel]

Gosh, I can't believe the host kept failing to understand how Al's collaborations on video production worked . I'm pretty sure at 2:17 it was Al's "never mind, I give up" face

[Bruce the Duck]

Yeah, I think Stewart Varney gets the award for most clueless interviewer so far this cycle.

[TMBJon]

The funny thing about Varney's misunderstanding of the way the video collaborations work is that it completely undermines the point he was making about Time Warner. I guess it really should come as no surprise that a Fox pundit would have a hard time understanding something that cut against their pre-determined narrative, right?

[Bruce the Duck]

Any excuse to turn a topic about Al into a political point, right Jon.

[TMBJon]

Any excuse to turn a topic about Al into a political point, right Jon.

Not any excuse, just cases where he goes on a news show and discusses economics!

[minnick27]

God that was a terrible interview. Al made the best of it

[Kevbo1987]

I agree that Varney was awful, but I enjoyed the interview because of how funny Al was. I especially liked the whole "king of content" exchange.

[TMBJon]

I hope people don't think this is making a political point in any way, but it directly ties into today's interview with Al.

This news story was just broken by Jake Tapper at ABC this afternoon:

Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox made an offer to buy Time Warner in June, and Time Warner gave a firm answer: No.

Even so, news of the proposal on Wednesday sent the stock of Time Warner soaring 15%.

Such a deal would be massive: the initial bid was $80 billion. That would value Time Warner at $85 a share, 20% higher than Time Warner has been trading.

Kind of puts Varney's badmouthing of Time Warner into perspective, doesn't it?

[Bruce the Duck]

I agree that Varney was awful, but I enjoyed the interview because of how funny Al was. I especially liked the whole "king of content" exchange.

Yeah, Al was good there. He's better at improvising than he gives himself credit for.

[TMBJon]

Big difference between improvising against comedians vs a cable news pundit!! I think Al is afraid he would not look as funny as the other comedians, but against this d-bag? No problem!