Comments on: NPR Offers Free Campaign Ad http://www.kevinholtsberry.com/kh/2004/01/30/npr-offers-free-campaign-ad/ for posterity and whatnot Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Holtsberry http://www.kevinholtsberry.com/kh/2004/01/30/npr-offers-free-campaign-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Kevin Holtsberry Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:37:42 +0000 http://kevinholtsberry.com/kh/2004/01/30/npr-offers-free-campaign-ad/#comment-1318 This has nothing to do with conversations in life. This has to do with what an interview entails. This may seem odd but yes, when you agree to do an interview that generally means answering the questions asked. See the radio program pays for the media therefore they get a say in what the content is. Plus there is an element of fairness involved. John Kerry basically got a free commercial to say whatever he wanted. Do the other candidates get that? What if you try to answer the question while other candidates say whatever they want, is that fair? The interview was hijacked because Kerry used the interview to say what he wanted and ignored his host's questions. That to me is rude, and unfair. This has nothing to do with conversations in life. This has to do with what an interview entails. This may seem odd but yes, when you agree to do an interview that generally means answering the questions asked. See the radio program pays for the media therefore they get a say in what the content is.

Plus there is an element of fairness involved. John Kerry basically got a free commercial to say whatever he wanted. Do the other candidates get that? What if you try to answer the question while other candidates say whatever they want, is that fair? The interview was hijacked because Kerry used the interview to say what he wanted and ignored his host’s questions. That to me is rude, and unfair.

]]> By: charles faris http://www.kevinholtsberry.com/kh/2004/01/30/npr-offers-free-campaign-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 charles faris Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:27:50 +0000 http://kevinholtsberry.com/kh/2004/01/30/npr-offers-free-campaign-ad/#comment-1317 >It was one of the most blatant hijacking of an interview I have heard. >It was one of the most blatant hijacking of an interview I have heard.

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