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global1

(25,253 posts)
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 09:48 AM Jul 2012

Why Didn't NBC Send In A Brian Williams To Do The Rmoney Interview Yesterday?......

Who is the guy from NBC that questioned Rmoney? He seemed to be a lightweight or almost an unknown. This interview that Rmoney granted the networks was a monumental event. This had the potential of being a real newsmaker - yet - it seems like NBC treated it matter of fact. I don't know about the other networks that had this same opportunity. I heard that Rmoney granted 5 minutes to 5 networks. The only one I caught was NBC and it was far from hard-hitting. Did the other networks send in lightweight interviewers as well?

I think Matt Lauer could have done a better job than the guy NBC had put in front of Rmoney.

Did Rmoney get to set the ground rules for these interviews? Was he able to say he wanted second-stringers to interview him - versus more hard hitting interviewers?

Again - this opportunity was epic for the networks. It seems like Rmoney always avoids being put into such a situation unless it is for Fox - where he knows he's going to be thrown softballs.

Why didn't the networks - at least NBC because that the only one I can speak to - treat it with more importance?

The media is letting the American people down. I wish Will McAvoy had the opportunity to interview Rmoney for 5 minutes. That would have seemed like an eternity for Rmoney.

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Why Didn't NBC Send In A Brian Williams To Do The Rmoney Interview Yesterday?...... (Original Post) global1 Jul 2012 OP
Yeah, I'm sure Romney's handlers sent outa pre approved list... Curtland1015 Jul 2012 #1
It was Friday late afternoon during the summer, the pros knew this was going to be a nothing monmouth Jul 2012 #2

Curtland1015

(4,404 posts)
1. Yeah, I'm sure Romney's handlers sent outa pre approved list...
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 09:50 AM
Jul 2012

...of interviewers each network was allowed to use, or no interview.

monmouth

(21,078 posts)
2. It was Friday late afternoon during the summer, the pros knew this was going to be a nothing
Sat Jul 14, 2012, 10:03 AM
Jul 2012

interview...They sent in the second, third string...Getting to the Hamptons takes time, gotta leave early..

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