On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> And confrontational questioners can go overboard which can also kill an > interview. The reason the classic Mike Wallace interviews are a couple of > decades old is that they lost their effectiveness and 60 Minutes changed > direction. The Mike Wallace interviews faded away because the crap interviewers like Oprah and Larry King became equally (and eventually superiorly) viable options. Give the average child the choice between candy or healthy food and they choose candy. Present them with no choices but broccoli and they will capitulate. To add insult to injury, marketing experts began crafting reputations of interviewers that weren't deserved, i.e. the late Tim "Toughest interview on TV" Russert, who couldn't have defined what a follow-up question was if his life depended on it. In short, it used to be that when you f*cked up as a public person, your feet were held to the fire. Nowadays, your feet are given comfy slippers and you are seated next to a warm fireplace, then you are congratulated for surviving it. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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
