Cavuto Battles Frank: ‘Congressman, Is It Always Incumbent Upon You To Be So Condescending?’...

[bridgit]

'Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto had a fiery exchange with House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) this week. Early on in the interview, Frank criticized Cavuto for repeatedly cutting him off. “If you’re going to interrupt every five words, we don’t have a show.”'

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/06/cavuto-frank

[Turbineguy]

1. Cavuto

is actually quite good at this sort of thing. In the same sense that during WWII, Lord Haw-Haw was good. He was later hanged for treason.

[wtmusic]

3. The appearance is that the interviewee is constantly defensive

even when he/she just can't get a word in. What else can Republicans do nowadays? Admit defeat?

[SoCalDem]

2. That's how they control what's said.

Never let a guest finish a thought. keep interrupting them, so they have to start over every time, and then say.. "well, we're outta time".. then the host says, after the interviewee is gone.. "Well, see he/she has no plan".

It's amazing to me that when a station CLAIMS to be a 24-7 news show, they never seem to have enough "time" to allow people to finish a thought :grr:

[bridgit]

4. yup, talk over the top of any possible answer...

long before it starts to make any sense :thumbsdown:

[Pab Sungenis]

6. By the way, the kitties in your picture

Remind me of two we lost last year: TC and Cupacke. Two beautiful cats there.

[aquart]

5. Barney, next time bring duct tape. Use it.

Then he can raise his hand when he wants to talk.

[hashibabba]

7. ... Cavuto said, in a condescending tone of voice. n/t

[Disturbed]

8. It happens on every RW program.

They obviously train these Assholes to sabotage their non-Fascist guests.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. 'No, you have to deserve it.' (Well, I WISH he'd said that!) nt

[teryang]

10. Said the corporate whore to the elected representative of the...

...people. Cavuto has his sycophantic nose so far up the corporate ass. He's a sickening POS.

[Golden Raisin]

11. It's gotten to the point that

I don't know why Dems & Progressives should even bother to appear on Fox Talk Shows (and CNN & MSNBC ain't far behind in the skank category these days). The hosts of these shows just ambush, sandbag, interrupt and shout down Dems --- to say nothing of their supercilious, condescending & sneering tone. Dems appearing on Fox also lends Fox a credibility that they most certainly do not merit or deserve.

[nuxvomica]

12. I would be very happy if they boycotted the F'N' Channel

When I see a Dem other than Lieberman on their shows I think "Why bother!" What would happen if they did boycott? Sure, they wouldn't get their message out to F'N' Channel viewers but they really don't anyway. The channel steals too much prestige by booking them.

[UTUSN]

13. Barney's 1 of my all time greats: WEXLER, CONYERS, RANGEL, WAXMAN... n/t

[Initech]

14. I couldn't be on Cavuto's show without telling him what a corporate ass kisser he is.