Subject: Re: how to interview
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Sun Feb 06 2000 - 09:32:20 EST
In a message dated 2/6/00 4:20:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, rbowman@indigo.ie
writes:
> 'Always ask yourself,' he said: 'Why is this lying bastard trying to
> tell
> me yet more lies?'
>
> Scottie B.
And let me tell you something about this from the other side. I know a guy
in professional baseball -- he was catcher for the Reds when they were in the
World Series in the late 80s, I think -- it was his rookie year -- he said he
hates talking to journalists because they Never get it right.
I know a woman who cleans theaters at night -- it's her business and she does
quite well, actually. One night a man came in, told her and her co-worker to
sit on the floor, robbed the place, then ran off. They called the police, a
journalist came to interview them, and in the paper the next morning they
found out three men had robbed the place and tied up their victims with duct
tape.
C.S. Lewis said of journalists that you can't really blame them for lying
because in order to lie you need a basic grasp of reality.
Thoreau, when asked why he didn't read the papers, said, "I have read a
newspaper."
Jerry Springer, before being a talk-show host, was a country singer,
salesman, and journalist among other things. Guess what he was most ashamed
of doing?
Now of course I think Paul deserves a lot more credit (his attitude toward
his interviewees is outstanding :) ), and that radio is a more honest medium
anyhow -- whatever you're hearing live is pretty much what happened, seven
second delay notwithstanding -- but when we get into the realm of Print
journalism I Don't think the journalists themselves have any grounds for
self-righteousness.
Jim
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