Charlie talked to us about who he supports for president, if he supports the Iraq War, and he gives us a…special announcement about his…personal life.
In totally unrelated other news, here are all the ways ABC News manipulated the Charles-Palin interview.
Full Transcript from Newsbusters
I say this, again, as a journalist and editor who has conducted, edited, and published any number of interviews. Of course I realize the need to condense an excessively long interview to fit the requirements of page space or broadcast time. However, journalistic objectivity and integrity require that editorial condensations do not distort what the interview subject means to convey, thereby generating false impressions about the subject’s views, intellect, responsiveness, and honesty.
And check out the tricky camera angels used to make Palin look stupid. The full explanation from a Hollywood Director is here.
1 Comment
September 17, 2008 at 9:54 am
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!! Way to make a snippet interview of your own to make a point! Hilarious! I wasn’t up that early to hear this that morning. Great job! How many people caught on?