“Understandably, there are grey areas in war”
By Sean at 15 August, 2008, 3:56 pm
I think this video of a 12 year old girl and her aunt that were caught in Tskhinvali says it all. Apparently there are “grey areas in war” when your subjects to don’t play their perscribed roles.
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Poll: Who is the bigger tool?
1. Shep from Fox News
2. Saakashvili
3. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin
4. Misc. British reporter for RT
Jesus! Do Americans produce news shows with the intended audience being six year old retarded children?
The answer, Tim, is yes.
I thought Churkchin was pretty good, from what little I’ve seen of him. Ambassadors are tools by definition.
I just read an account from Gazeta.ru that says it was a scandal that Shep interrupted the interview. I frankly did not see any such thing. Being in radio for 10 years, I know exactly what is going on with hard commercial breaks.
Also, from the way the interview unfolded, I suspect Shep had no idea the girl was going to be pro-Russia. He had a completely dumbfounded look and was stuttering and mumbling incoherently. I bet whoever set this interview at a fox affiliate in SF did not check the story, other then that the girl was not Russian, and thus, supposedly pro-Georgian.
It is funny that Gazeta also refers to O’Reilly as a republican commentator. Not a fan of him, but in fairness, he is a registered independent.
I did like Churkin’s swipe “regime change is not our thing” or something similar.
“Also, from the way the interview unfolded, I suspect Shep had no idea the girl was going to be pro-Russia.”
I agree. Otherwise, they would never have had her on.
“I agree. Otherwise, they would never have had her on.”
That I do not know and very much doubt such a black and white approach. Most of decisions of this type depend on producer and then the host if the producer ever mentions a possibility to the host. I think most of the media in the US with few exceptions like KIeth Oberman, are actually pretty good at getting opposing people to interview or debate.
Otherwise, we will have to suspect some sort of a centralized set of memos outlining whom to interview and whom not to.
Shep is just an idiot. His last quip was probably already thought up before he even started the interview. It didn’t matter what the girl said, he would have ended the interview with the same quote.
On second thought, Churkin should not be in the poll. He is pretty entertaining to listen to. I was looking for a Russian official to make the poll even. Should have listed Anatoly Nogovitsin instead.
I got a totally different impression – that Shep finally realized what was happening, got his composure back and balked at the mother, not at the girl.
In general, guests that come with soapboxes are frowned upon no matter what. It was a fairly shameless stunt – a 12 year old can not possible know and understand what was going on. If I were a conspiracy minded person, I’d suspect the mother was paid by Churkin.
here is another interesting article from Gazeta.ru