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February 15, 2005

Geraghty on PBS/Abovitz on FOX

Posted by Bill

Jim acquitted himself very well on PBS Newshour yesterday, thankfully pointing out to the panel (and PBS viewers) that Eason Jordan had made similar accusations against the US military in the past. Audio and a transcript can be found here. David Gergen opined that the drumbeat for Jordan's resignation was loud and unruly, but ...

A. I didn't consider the momentum to be very strong at the time of Jordan's resignation; Gergen overstates the volume of the bloodthirsty mob.

B. Much of the demand focused around the release of the tape, not calls for the man's pink slip.

And Gergen deftly shimmied away from Geraghty's challenge for him to request the release of the tape:

DAVID GERGEN: I have no objection to the tape being released whatsoever. That's ordinarily respected. But in these circumstances I have no problem with the tape being released and let it be settled that way. But, you know, I think the damage is done now.

Well, I suppose it's good that he has "no objection" to the tape's release.

Video of Bill O'Reilly's interview with blogger Rony Abovitz can be found here. Despite being a part of the rumor-mongering internet (O'Reilly's bete noir), Abovitz seemed to win Bill over, which is impressive.

Posted by Bill at February 15, 2005 10:17 AM | TrackBack (2)

Comments

It was a good segment.... but Gergen simply would not shut up! He used 10 words when one would suffice and spent an inordinate amount of time saying "I would not object to the video being released" when he really was asked "will you call for the video to be released". He basically did not contribute any substance to the segment except to be the usual Newshour "voice of reason"

Posted by: steve at February 15, 2005 12:07 PM

A star is born. Jim was great and so was Jay. Gergen the voice of reason??? That�s a good one Steve. More like the same old obfuscating RINO he was when he "debated" with the unxious Mark Shields on the old CNN Crossfire.

Posted by: erp at February 15, 2005 05:08 PM

I think Steve was being sarcastic.

Posted by: Roberts at February 15, 2005 07:13 PM

What do you expect from Gergen, who Andrew Ferguson once referred to as "a goggle-eyed mellon head"?

Posted by: betalune at February 15, 2005 10:17 PM