Archive for 'Bad Recorded Interviews'
Dealing with the uncertainties of edited media interviews
Dealing with the editing of media interviews is never an easy question. Take this post from a conservative blogger’s take on what happened to Alaskan governor Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential race: Her campaign staff fumbled her introduction to the nation. Her initial interviews were cut by hostile editors in order to make her [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Accuracy, Bad Recorded Interviews, Interview Transcripts, Legal Issues, Media Interview Trends, Tips for Interviewees.
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A black day for Black in black and white
A comment by one of presidential candidate John McCain’s advisors, quoted in a Fortune magazine article, has created quite a stir and raises an interesting issue about the transparency of media interviews. Here’s part of the LA Times story on the comments by Charlie Black: Then, the longtime political pro got a bit too honest. [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2008 under Accuracy, Bad Recorded Interviews, Crisis Management, Interview Transcripts, Political Beat, Political Tips, Transparency.
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Chris Martin leaves during interview
Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin simply got up and left in the middle of an interview on BBC Radio 4′s Front Row program, leaving presenter John Wilson and the band’s drummer Will Champion to carry on: Wilson: Do you start with that idea, Chris… [sound in background] did you start with the song Viva La [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2008 under Bad Recorded Interviews, Entertainment Beat, Musician Tips, Tips for Interviewees, Transparency.
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John Stamos suffering from… ER… jet lag
John Stamos, late of Full House, now of ER, seems to be following in the footsteps of Paula Abdul, or rather, the missteps. On a media tour in Australia earlier this week, he apparently slurred and strangely gesticulated his way through one TV interview, as related by host Olivia Bishop on the blog of WHO [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2007 under Bad Recorded Interviews, Media Tours, Your Presentation.
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Know thine interviewer
Here’s a cautionary tale about being misrepresented through the editing of an interview. It concerns a Columbia University professor of the philosophy of physics, David Albert, who agreed to be interviewed for the movie What the Bleep Do We Know? This pseudo-documentary, released in 2004, claims that quantum mechanics proves, among other things, that reality [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2007 under Bad Recorded Interviews, Guest Experiences, Interview Case Studies, Science Beat, Tips for Interviewees.
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A not so nice story of journalistic power
Check out this detailed account on the Huffington Post of how the message of a media interview can get misrepresented in the editing process and perhaps more importantly how the misrepresentation certainly seems deliberate. According to business psychologist and author Debra Condren, she was approached by a producer from ABC’s Nightline, who was looking for [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2007 under Ambush Interviews, Asking Questions, Author Tips, Bad Recorded Interviews, Guest Experiences, Key Message, Location Interviews, TV Interview Case Studies.
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