Sarkozy *****-slaps CBS' 60 minutes

[germanos]

Thanks buddy. And no offence meant.

[Wezil]

Weasels are fine upstanding members of the animal community. Nothing sneaky about them.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Ninot
The media IS the problem right now

I'd have to agree, largely.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by germanos
The irony.

What are you talking about? I answered your personal question about me that was none of your business. Hell, I even continued discussing the thread topic before leaving. Like an adult. Not like Sarkozy.

Also, that is not how "irony" is defined. Might want to look that up too.


As for you BC,

Originally posted by BlackCat
Uhm, well. I guess that we can say that DRoseDARs chickened out of this interview

I think it's reasonable to label him as a wussy

vvv

Originally posted by germanos
The irony.

What are you talking about? I answered your personal question about me that was none of your business. Hell, I even continued discussing the thread topic before leaving. Like an adult. Not like Sarkozy.

Also, that is not how "irony" is defined. Might want to look that up too.

[Barnabas]

What a jerk Sarkozy is

[DRoseDARs]

If he'd been berating Stahl and calling her an imbecile on-camera, yes. Though, I guess calling your press secretary an imbecile on-camera while he (or she? Didn't notice, don't care.) is within earshot and you MEANT for them to hear it, then that would also make you a jerk.

But my thing is how he conducted himself once the interview was in progress. At the end (that he determined), he just up and left instead of saying "No comment" and letting (or making) Stahl change the subject like an adult would.

[DRoseDARs]

Still

[dannubis]

Originally posted by Mercator


That would be encouraging the journalists to stick with asking stupid, personal questions rather than pertinent, political questions.

Serious journalists shouldn't be reporting things the public wants to know (that's for the entertainment business), but what the public should know.

QFT

"Good night... and good luck"... It is a pity we do not have any Ed Murrows any more.

[DRoseDARs]

*cough* MSNBC's Keith Olbermann *cough*

[DinoDoc]

I don't think he was refering to a liberal O'reilly.

[DRoseDARs]

I didn't either, that's why I didn't name one.

[DinoDoc]

Uh-huh. Sure.

[Sarxis]

Some people feed off of this type of drama.

You are what you eat.

[The Vagabond]

I just wonder how a man with such ingenuous reactions could get this far in his career. Interesting guy.

On the other hand, I wonder whether his press secretaty has already resigned. He has repeatedly been called imbecile before the camera. So any self-respecting man would have resigned in such a situation, I guess.

[DanS]

While well within his rights to declare this subject off limits, probably he should have demurred a second time and rolled with the punches.

Despite what some might think, Sarkozy's response, although polite, doesn't make him look good to American eyes. And it will do absolutely nothing with regard to Stahl's reputation.

Maybe France's situation is a little different than the US'. The First Lady is very much a public figure in the US and her relationship with the President is well within bounds.