Usually watch him. DEFINITELY tonight!

"Good of President Obama to sit down for an interview about NSA with the renowned surveillance expert & adversarial-to-power Charlie Rose."

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/346717009645551617

Remember when the first Survivor series aired? That was about 13 or so years ago. My, how time flies.

I think that was the first, or one of the first of it's kind and it gained enormous following. It was different. but

we learned that it was also staged and scripted, but at least it had genuine entertainment value for many.

Fast forward 13 years and what do we have? The tele is flooded with the lowest reality crap imaginable and carried by the likes of National Geo, and the Learning Channel.

o for gawd's sakes what is wrong with us?

Now anyone with a damn keyboard can claim to be a 'journalist' no matter how stupid they are or how many times they are proven to make false claims. All they need is a following of xxx number of people, be controversial enough to be noticed, and voila, there ya go.

So that is how it goes, from something decent to something unrecognizable - news media/entertainment have melded into one.

Don't pretend the media has "become" anything because it has sucked for a long time.

Oh, speaking of Gore. He finds the NSA leaks unconstitutional and outrageous. Has he come to suck, too?

but the depths sunk to now is unmatched. We don't get news any more, we get biased commentary on events.

They turned on a dime.

I remember what put me over the edge with CNN. It was the 24/7 take a story and grip it in your teeth, refusing to let it go. This was ages ago that I stopped watching. The day after nauseating day, stories. From Sandra Levy, Natalie Holloway and Michael Jackson and so many more.(sp? of their names).

It went on and on, no news, just hollow dialog and senseless speculation!
Like some crazed dogs with rabies, when you know that you have to put it down so no one would get hurt.

This reminded me of a scene in the book To Kill A Mockingbird with Atticus Finch

One of my all time favourites, ever.



I've not watched CNN for quite a while now. They used to get my blood pressure up all the time so I finally decided to let them go. I'd be swearing and cursing at the tv most of the time and frothing at the mouth, it was kinda funny looking back now.

I lied. I saw CNN on Friday night (first in a long time I swear) to watch George Stroumboulopoulos, an interviewer that works for CBC but has a 10 week contract or so with CNN. I say, O! George! why why! CNN? Are you daft?/?

Apparently his ratings are really low there but I consider him one of the best interviewers I have ever seen. He is charming and engaging, not intrusive and has a way about him that seems to make people really comfortable and chatty with him. And he does his homework, he knows who he is talking with.

haha, I'm getting off topic.

I lost count. However I can quote most of the dialogue before they speak!!!!

LOL, Whisp~

I should have the whole script memorized by now but I'm really bad at that.

When some major falsehoods and misunderstanding get addressed.

It will read like this here:

Obama is a liar, Snowden is a hero.

segment of the regular Charlie Rose show. It's on a different channel here. Thanks SheShe

However, I don't share smartypants' view of Charlie Rose.. he's always been a gop water carrier to me. But, I certainly want to hear from the President and PBO can handle Charlie. he could handle anybody.

wrong on this.. here's a tweet on TOD to back up my initial reaction..

zizi2 @zizii2

This is an absolutely insightful interview of Pres @barackObama by @CharlieRose on @PBS. So why is Charlie so shallow on @CBS?

More..

zizi2 @zizii2

Everyone SHOULD watch @CharlieRose interview of Pres @BarackObama on @PBS or
@BloombergTV when it next airs. Totally dismantles Snowden huff

zizi2 @zizii2

#PBO on Syria: "It is easy to slip and slide our way into deeper commitments". That's what McPants & Clinton don't think thru

Igor Bobic @igorbobic

Compare/contrast Obama's and Snowden's answers today on NSA, Dick Cheney, Zazi plot: http://bit.ly/10rDS4Q

thanks she~

Here's a comment found on TOD, too..

by carolyn

"He told Charlie that unless you have been in the situation room and listened to all the military and other people explain ALL the ramifications of every conceivable option, and what could and should happen and what should not happen…..you have no business giving advice. This is complex."

That was the Presidents best quote!

I need some of that calm demeanor on the actual facts from someone who does have the inside info as opposed to all the screaming meanies who know next to nothing.

Wanted to use it on a thread...trying to find the full transcript!

I am so glad even just for that one thing Obama pretty well said:

Clinton and McCain have no god damned business giving him and his team advice.

I just about jumped up and did my 'cheerleader' routine.

I have not seen it yet and probably won't until tomorrow but, am so glad that PBO got the chance to do the interview tonight or was aired tonight.. right when we needed it!

I forget your time zone is way out there from here.



I don't think what I said will spoil anything for you tho.

read a lot of comments about. I don't even have a tv. Online all the way for me, baby. And, she's already provided the link.

Manana!

I guess you saw, but Charlie didn't get a chance at his usual soliloquies with the Pres, did he? ahaha. You could tell Pres was prepared for that and nipped that bud a couple times.