That was bizarre.
Not the interview, which was great. What's bizarre is the graphics on last night's "Geraldo at Large", and why they chose to include Geraldo's strange reference to the Omaha mall shooting incident in an interview about Afghanistan. Watch the graphics, though. They're not in the video at the Fox link to the extended interview, but they were in the broadcast.
Now, what 'controversial' statements did the Senator make? All I heard was rational strategy and common sense. And what news source puts video of a crowd milling about before an Oprah Winfrey appearance over a United States Senator's interview? I guess Fox does. I don't often watch it, so I guess my perspective isn't the same as their regular viewers, but it seems pretty weird to me.
Still, a really strong interview. I'm not sure Geraldo 'gets it' about the criticality of focusing on reconstruction and the Afghan economy, but I'll bet the rest of us do. Watch the video above, and go to the Fox link for more in the extended interview.
Comments (2)
Posted by Otter | December 9, 2007 3:56 PM
I'm really glad you good people at KV grabbed the broadcast version complete with the curiously-dissonant crawl at the bottom of the screen in your vidclip. Official archives are one thing, but the ongoing real-time editorializing on the part of entities like Pox News need to be part of the permanent record, too.
Posted by ray of light | December 9, 2007 11:01 PM
Media Matters should have that clip. It's amazing how Fox started its storyline while the interview was in progress. You could actually watch it happening.
I'd like to know if Senator Kerry was aware they did that. I'd also like to know if it's worth the effort to go on Fox when Fox so clearly makes up stuff as they go.