On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:49 AM, David Bruggeman<[email protected]> wrote: > The optics are weird. Dean may be the former DNC head, but at least Faux > News keeps their former political figures as contributors, instead of show > hosts (save for Huckabee, and maybe Ollie North when he had a show). > > He's also got an odd delivery. Something about how he looks into the > camera, and his cadence, is just off. > > I like the Governor, just not in this role.
He's a doctor and he has a lot of good contacts up on the Hill, so he's a good choice to host segments on the health care reform bill. Journalists, by their nature (and/or professional ethics), don't want to favor any specific outcome, and Dean doesn't feel that constraint. When he talks to senators and reps he clearly doesn't want the bill to be too watered down. I also like the fact that he cares about the bill and doesn't just use it as a framing device for partisan struggle or positioning for 2012. Outside of the health care bill, he's not much of a host. Lawrence O'Donnell hosted on Monday and he has a much better TV presence. I watch Countdown on the MSNBC website. That gives me a chance to choose which stories I want to watch. Starting last week, the video compression changed to something like I remember seeing on the Real Player back when I had dialup. Since it's a talking head and b roll show, it's not fatal as the audio is fine, but it's strange to see online video go from smooth to choppy. Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
