Jason Zinoman of the NYT rewatched the more than 30 interviews Dave did with Trump over 30 years in late night TV and reported his observations yesterday - it is not good for Dave. (Apologies if this has already been posted here and I missed it). Zinoman is explicit that the rise of Trump and Trumpism can not be blamed on late night TV hosts (not Dave, not Fallon). Still, his point that in the same interview in which Dave famously confronted Trump with his hypocrisy about manufacturing products overseas, he apologized to Trump for calling him racist for his birtherism, is sobering.
I love Dave of course, but he was and is not perfect. Trump (along with Dr. Phil and Richard Simmons) were one of the few regular guests that would cause me to regularly skip the show. I doubt I saw more than 5 of those Trump interviews over the years - most of the ones I did see were the later, more serious ones. Dave has given some indication that part of what he hopes to be able to do with his new show is make this kind of thing right, and I hope he does. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/arts/television/trump-letterman-misunderstood-history.html -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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.
