On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 6:46 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > (SNIP) >
> My problem is: > > 1. I don't see any evidence that Megyn Kelly has the chops to do these > kinds of thoughtful, long form interviews. I don't understand Steve's > response to my earlier expression of this point; of course Walters had > reserach help - why doesn't Kelly? I freely admit my exposure to Kelly so > far has been very minimal. Her highest profile interview to date was with > Candidate Trump near the end of their "feud", which seemed to me a complete > fail on every level. Most of the rest of what I have seen of her work are > the kind of 4 minute hit-jobs in which she manipulates the interview to a > place where she can make a headline grabbing point and then cuts to > commercial. Maybe she can do more thoughtful work in longer interviews, but > as far as I can tell the jury is still out on that. > > I guess the point I'm making is just about every network television journalist since the 1970s is the product of a whole team of people. Barbara Walters was Barbara Walters in part, I think, not because of her talent or experience but the fact that ABC was willing to dump so much money into her work. Mike Wallace got extra staff at "60 Minutes" because he had the Mike Wallace image to maintain. If Megyn Kelly were only doing a dozen interviews a year she, too, would look spectacular. Couric had good live interview skills. Walters, too maybe. I'm not old enough to remember. I don't have cable. I haven't watched a lot of Kelly. Her live interview skills were pretty good. Her success in daytime and promotion to prime time on FOX News was earned, not just because of her looks, from what I can tell. Perhaps this is the Peter Principle. She's been elevated to her level of incompetence. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
