astromanluca said:
From what I've seen of the show, Bill O'Reilly doesn't really interview people, he just yells at them before they can finish their sentences.
That's because he doesn't have eternitiy for his guests to him-haw around the answer and then drift off-topic like Larry King. He yells at them because most of the time they deserve it. He catches his guests on lies and spin and calls them out. Is it rude? Well, yes. But, no more rude than going on a show knowing full well that you better answer the question directly and not waste his or his viewers time. I find it extremely rude of the guest to play games. If I have hours on end to listen to dribble, I'd tune in to Larry King.
Very rarely have I ever seen him yell or cut-off his guest unnecessarily if the guest would simply
answer the dang question and give a
direct explaination.
I don't mind him raising his voice. He's a hot-headed irish-american that's passionate about his country and his job. He isn't the only journalist that raises his voice. Is he arrogant? Maybe. Is he well liked? IMO, probably not. But, the facts remain that his show has stomped the competition. That's saying a lot. Their cable news programs have been dominating the market for a reason.
I personally don't like a lot of his stances. I want to pull my hair out every time he claims global warming is real, etc. But, I respect him for the fact that at least he does his research and has well thought out reasons in his stances. The one key way he earned my respect is the job he did hammering on judges that were way to lenient on child rapists.
I'll take a faulted journalist that hurts peoples' feelings during interviews over journalists that spend every breathing hour defending judges that shouldn't be on the bench...rather sharing a prison cell with Butch.
His interview tonight with Obama won't be a shouting match. The platform is different than what's on his live shows. There's more time to allow the guest to lay out his explainations and a one-on-one taped setting. Those that think he'll "yell at his guest" isn't observing the big picture.
I do think he'll be softer on his questions and show more restraint, just like he did with Hillary. Actually, my prediction will be even softer. All those years him chomping on the bit to get Hillary in to interview her and hammer her on issues came to a big disappointment. I expect this one to be the same...
What's this I hear about the UK Telegraph (or maybe it was The Guardian) which reported that Obama and Biden are going to start an investigation into the Bush administration as one of the first things they do when they take over the White House? Was that reported as such?
