Archive for March, 2009
Obama’s double-edged Tonight Show gamble
Being the first standing US president to appear on a TV talk show has its rewards and its dangers. The danger came in the form of an inappropriate remark about the Special Oympics which drew immediate criticism. The reward came in the form of a lengthy, often substantive interview worthy of the Newshour watched by [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under Famous Interviews, Interviews Gone Bad, Political Tips, TV Talk Shows.
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Bobby Jindal stays on message about substance over delivery
Bobby Jindal quoted by Stephanie Grace one month before his badly-delivered response to President Obama’s speech to Congress on February 24, 2009: Jindal said that, in effect, the GOP should stop fretting over the identity of its next standard bearer. “We have to not worry about the messenger, ” he said, “and start focusing on [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2009 under Crisis Management, Key Message.
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Everyone’s an expert
I was blogging about the use of Skype to economically bring in anyone to a satellite interview. Then the question is, who do you bring in? Sadly, it’s being used right now to bring us yet another “voice of the people.” Instead of bringing in more and diverse experts, we’re Skyping anybody who’s got a [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2009 under Media Interview Trends, Technology and Media Interviews, Tips for Interviewees.
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The Skype’s the limit
The television industry has, over the years, developed an intricate network of satellite feeds and other means to create what we’ve taken for granted over the last decade or so: the satellite interview or discussion. Now Skype and other internet video technologies are making that intricate network almost obsolete, overnight. Take a look at this [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2009 under Media Interview Trends, Media Tours, Satellite Panel Discussions, Technology and Media Interviews.
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