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RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:48 PM Apr 2018

I WAS Lookin' forward to the Comey interview --

Now I freakin' can't wait --

Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein
On Sunday, James Comey's interview with ABC News will air.

It has already been taped and will be a bombshell I am told:

- Interview left people in the room "stunned"

- Many on hand described it as "surreal"

- Trump should be VERY afraid I am told.



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I WAS Lookin' forward to the Comey interview -- (Original Post) RandomAccess Apr 2018 OP
So... tRump will , "Wag the Dog" tomorrow... FarPoint Apr 2018 #1
A diversion in his and his flying monkeys' mind, otherwise, I doubt that SammyWinstonJack Apr 2018 #37
Some in the media are doing their job. Ligyron Apr 2018 #2
exactly zero of them feel guilty. that's a fake story line they love to sell to us rubes blake2012 Apr 2018 #48
Truth. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #52
They're Hyping It Like CBS Did For Stormy Interview SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #3
I don't think so -- RandomAccess Apr 2018 #7
You are probably right exboyfil Apr 2018 #8
What overhyping? RandomAccess Apr 2018 #13
This Overhyping SoCalMusicLover Apr 2018 #14
Yeah, well, that's reporting of what he'd heard, not the network RandomAccess Apr 2018 #16
who did he hear it from? what was their incentive for sharing? onenote Apr 2018 #20
why don't you go ask him? RandomAccess Apr 2018 #23
I'm not the one repeating his unsourced statements, am I? onenote Apr 2018 #24
I'm not the one giving a damn about his unsourced tweets RandomAccess Apr 2018 #28
All I'm saying is that there is no reason to view this as anything but hype. onenote Apr 2018 #29
Then fucking DON'T RandomAccess Apr 2018 #30
Don't stroke out just because someone disagrees with you. onenote Apr 2018 #42
Maybe but, Stryst Apr 2018 #27
agreed. it won't be a nothing burger, but it won't be a bombshell either. onenote Apr 2018 #19
I saw nothing like that for the Stormy interview. n/t pnwmom Apr 2018 #25
Don't think so 5 hours is a long time to ask questions grantcart Apr 2018 #38
Yeah. Fool me once..... We'll see. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #41
CBS didn't hype the stormy interview. They were actually reluctant to air it JI7 Apr 2018 #44
Dirty Donny*s doo-doo to splatter Americans with treason-sodden republifeces ? Achilleaze Apr 2018 #4
Imagine if Trumps public face is much nicer than what hes really like YessirAtsaFact Apr 2018 #5
Meh...like a PP said, it sounds like same hype before the Stormy interview lunamagica Apr 2018 #6
I dislike him to the point I don't know if I will watch. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #9
That's how I feel. Transcripts are much more brareable lunamagica Apr 2018 #10
Yes, he is still so very full of himself. After the disaster he caused... deurbano Apr 2018 #22
I am the same. Just as soon read a good book and watch the recap the following day. dameatball Apr 2018 #26
I agree totally. It still makes me mad to look at Comey. LisaM Apr 2018 #36
I've read he was interviewed for 5 hours for this interview... babylonsister Apr 2018 #11
Wow. Thanks for posting that RandomAccess Apr 2018 #12
A mini-series? Excellent. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #53
I hope it's going to be better then the Storm interview a kennedy Apr 2018 #15
You have far more substance and far more intelligence RandomAccess Apr 2018 #17
that's true. a kennedy Apr 2018 #18
The Stormy interview hurt Trump Politicub Apr 2018 #35
She went to the bathroom, came out and trump was perched. I'm sure that stuck ecstatic Apr 2018 #40
It's part of the book sales strategy IMHO BoneyardDem Apr 2018 #21
They should air/release it... Snackshack Apr 2018 #31
It'll be interesting, but nothing earth-shattering. bearsfootball516 Apr 2018 #32
The people in the room heard the unedited version Mr. Ected Apr 2018 #33
it will be great orangecrush Apr 2018 #34
I'll DVR it but it better be good & it better include an apology to ecstatic Apr 2018 #39
Do you think that maybe Comey has talked with Mueller about this TV appearance? kentuck Apr 2018 #43
Remember when everyone on the left hated Comey? progressoid Apr 2018 #45
TWT RandomAccess Apr 2018 #46
isn't that always the scuttlebut about an interview as they try to pump ratings? blake2012 Apr 2018 #47
No, actually it's not -- RandomAccess Apr 2018 #50
Tim Cook blasted Facebook in his MSNBC interview Yavin4 Apr 2018 #49
Have you seen the promo ad for it?? RandomAccess Apr 2018 #51
Yeah, so. Yavin4 Apr 2018 #55
whether he considered it a compliment or not is irrelevant RandomAccess Apr 2018 #56
I can't imagine he's going to say anything to ABC he didn't say to Congress. meadowlander Apr 2018 #54

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
37. A diversion in his and his flying monkeys' mind, otherwise, I doubt that
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:04 PM
Apr 2018

will work the way he hopes it will.

Ligyron

(7,632 posts)
2. Some in the media are doing their job.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:52 PM
Apr 2018

Many no doubt feel guilty for covering Trump so much during the election. Unintended consequences.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
3. They're Hyping It Like CBS Did For Stormy Interview
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:04 PM
Apr 2018

OH MY GOD!! The most incredible interview ever!

This will bring the Drumpf administration to it's knees. They're gonna be sweatin' bullets.

Yeah, sure, if there's so much incredible stuff in this interview, why don't they show it now?

I will wait and see, but I think they're just trying to get people to watch for ratings.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
7. I don't think so --
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:20 PM
Apr 2018

this tweet wasn't via ABC or anything similar, nor was it from someone who's typically prone to that kind of thing.

I've seen the promos for the show and it's nothing like that, no hype at all -- in fact, it's disappointing IMO.

We'll see.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
14. This Overhyping
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:51 PM
Apr 2018

- Interview left people in the room "stunned"

- Many on hand described it as "surreal"

- Drumpf should be VERY afraid I am told.

STUNNED.....SURREAL......DRUMP SHOULD BE VERY AFRAID

Hype.

Stryst

(714 posts)
27. Maybe but,
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:41 PM
Apr 2018

Those things give us no information about what the content will be. What they do is "Prime" us to be shocked and stunned, to be taken in by how surreal it is. This is what is referred to as hyping, and when the product sells itself it doesn't need it.

People in general, not just the media really need to stop trying to up sell everything, it makes it hard to trust them.

Imagine I wanted you to see a sun rise. If I told you "Let's look at that sunrise!" you may take it or leave it, but if instead I said, "Let's look at that sunrise from my "sun chairs", all of my other guest who have set in the "sun chairs" were amazed by the sunrise."

The "sun chairs" can give no direct discernible improvement to the experience of viewing a sunrise and in fact are ordinary chairs. But now when you compare the view from my "special" chairs, to any other sunrise you have seen, it will be the same, and comparably underwhelming.

Because I hyped the experience when it was a completely normal experience, and just maybe when I ask you to sit in my "moon chairs", you brush it off as the same as the "sun chairs", which were boring and ordinary, so you never notice that moon chairs are equipped with high end liquor and doggy bags full of cash.

Because I hyped a ordinary experience you didn't believe the hype about the extraordinary one.

Remember that I never "hyped" my chairs, I only reported on what I heard.

See also, The boy who cried wolf.

onenote

(42,703 posts)
19. agreed. it won't be a nothing burger, but it won't be a bombshell either.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:21 PM
Apr 2018

Incremental information at best.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. Dirty Donny*s doo-doo to splatter Americans with treason-sodden republifeces ?
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:07 PM
Apr 2018

How revolting. republicans have turned American government into a corrupt crapfest of disgusting proportions.

* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
5. Imagine if Trumps public face is much nicer than what hes really like
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:10 PM
Apr 2018

What would he be like behind closed doors 🚪

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
6. Meh...like a PP said, it sounds like same hype before the Stormy interview
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:16 PM
Apr 2018

I won't be watching. Comey makes me vomit

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
9. I dislike him to the point I don't know if I will watch.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:23 PM
Apr 2018

When I really dislike someone I find I would rather read a transcript. Their delivery means nothing.

LisaM

(27,811 posts)
36. I agree totally. It still makes me mad to look at Comey.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:01 PM
Apr 2018

How come when it came to the 2016 election, everything had to be tiptoed around and all this information had to sat on because it might help the Democrats (just because it was actually the right thing to do didn't factor into it?)

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
17. You have far more substance and far more intelligence
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:04 PM
Apr 2018

to work with -- it can't help but be better.

Imagine trying to interview Stormy for 5 hours. That's how long this interview was.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
35. The Stormy interview hurt Trump
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:55 PM
Apr 2018

I though it was a let down, but it broke through to a couple of the older Trumpers in my family.

She came across as credible and sympathetic, and not like a stereotypical porn star. This is according to my pro-Trump grandmother. I don’t know why or how Stormy had such an impact on her opinion, but I am sure she wasn’t the only one.

ecstatic

(32,704 posts)
40. She went to the bathroom, came out and trump was perched. I'm sure that stuck
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:19 PM
Apr 2018

with a lot of people and not in a good way.

 

BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)
21. It's part of the book sales strategy IMHO
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:25 PM
Apr 2018

I imagine we will be fed lots of topics and subject matters, but the full story and the details will be found on page 238.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
32. It'll be interesting, but nothing earth-shattering.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:51 PM
Apr 2018

Anything that he said that would be critically damaging to Trump would have leaked by now.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
33. The people in the room heard the unedited version
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:52 PM
Apr 2018

I bet Stormy's full interview would have been much more interesting had it not been edited down to 15 vanilla minutes.

I'm sure the best part of the Comey interview will end up on the cutting room floor.

kentuck

(111,095 posts)
43. Do you think that maybe Comey has talked with Mueller about this TV appearance?
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 08:34 PM
Apr 2018

I think they are working together.

progressoid

(49,990 posts)
45. Remember when everyone on the left hated Comey?
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 11:37 AM
Apr 2018

Gotta wonder if, after this interview, we start to hate him again.

 

blake2012

(1,294 posts)
47. isn't that always the scuttlebut about an interview as they try to pump ratings?
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 02:22 PM
Apr 2018

not saying this isn't an accurate assessment, but people telling stories love to hawk their stories.

I don't have a TV, so I'll just wait and see what comes out.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
50. No, actually it's not --
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 02:25 PM
Apr 2018

not unless it comes from the network. This is someone NOT connected with the network.

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
49. Tim Cook blasted Facebook in his MSNBC interview
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 02:25 PM
Apr 2018

The portion where he blasted them was released BEFORE the interview. If Comey made any really news worthy headline, it would have been released by ABC news.

We don't have to wait for film at 11 any more.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
56. whether he considered it a compliment or not is irrelevant
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 05:17 PM
Apr 2018

It's news that Comey -- someone who should know about such things -- compared him to a mob boss. And there are several other parts to that that I don't remember because I was so fixated on the unflattering shots they chose of Comey, but I'm pretty sure they were newsy.

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
54. I can't imagine he's going to say anything to ABC he didn't say to Congress.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 02:57 PM
Apr 2018

All the juicy stuff was in closed session anyway and, other than confirming public reporting that has come out since then, I can't imagine that there's some massive bombshell that has suddenly been declassified for the purposes of this interview or Comey's book.

Maybe stunning for people who haven't been paying attention, but I'm not holding my breath for anything new and earth-shattering.

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