Tucson radio interview

Post by **anthontherun** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 2:40 am

Was the interviewer trying to joke about it

or was he more like "I'm sorry this happened"?

Post by **Driew_La_27** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:17 am

anthontherun @ Jul 3 2004, 05:40 PM wrote: Was the interviewer trying to joke about it or was he more like "I'm sorry this happened"?

No he wasn't joking about it. He was just talking about their death. Not in a mean way, but just asking questions like the media does.

Post by **algonacchick** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:33 pm

True, Driew, but he should have taken Al's hint to stop talking about them.

celebros27 · Post by **celebros27** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 3:59 pm

algonacchick @ Jul 4 2004, 01:33 PM wrote: True, Driew, but he should have taken Al's hint to stop talking about them.

people in the media can't take hints. they don't know how to recognize them!

Post by **Kevbo1987** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:36 pm

celebros27 @ Jul 4 2004, 09:59 AM wrote: people in the media can't take hints. they don't know how to recognize them!

Or they just choose to ignore them.

Post by **Driew_La_27** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:21 pm

Patti, the way they are taught is to ask daring questions. Create drama. We would've NEVER talked about this guy if he hadn't asked Al about his parents. These reporters are taught to go above the line. In their normal lives they would've stopped while they were ahead, but I guess they're taught to leave emotion at home....... or something like that.

Why else do you think this Iraq War has created so much drama? By the media itself. Um, on second thought, I'm not going there.....

Manda · Post by **Manda** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:35 pm

Not a good subject to get into. Anyway if they are taught that way they need to learn differently.

Post by **Driew_La_27** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:55 pm

Manda @ Jul 4 2004, 02:35 PM wrote: Not a good subject to get into.

I know.

Sun Jul 04, 2004 11:59 pm

Yes, they buy into a media culture where it's perfectly OK to exploit pain. Compared to a TV "reporter" shoving a microphone in a guy's face and asking him, "How do you feel about the fact that your fiancee was killed just now when this brick clock tower fell on her in the earthquake?" (I actually saw this on local TV last June), in the warped world of journalism asking Al about his parents must have seemed fairly mild by comparison. I mean, they were old, after all. And it happened MONTHS ago. And he's a celebrity. Most celebrities think there's no such thing as bad publicity. (note: I don't believe Al agrees with ANY of those statements... that's just how the journalists, reporters & interviewers apparently think, judging by the results.

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Post by **Driew_La_27** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:01 am

Agreed OE.