Convention Conversations with Journalists

Sep 1, 2008

Politico.com

Journalists talked about political conventions and media coverage of campaign 2008. Topics included the influence of new media and its divisions between left and right and the 24-hour news cycle. The panelists responded to questions from members of the audience. This event, held the Crowne Plaza St. Paul River Front, was part of the .. Read More
Journalists talked about political conventions and media coverage of campaign 2008. Topics included the influence of new media and its divisions between left and right and the 24-hour news cycle. The panelists responded to questions from members of the audience. This event, held the Crowne Plaza St. Paul River Front, was part of the "Convention Conversations" series sponsored by The Politico, Pioneer Press, and Yahoo! during the Republican National Convention.

1 hours, 3 minutes | 568 Views

SHARE

  • SEND VIDEO
  • POST VIDEO TO FACEBOOK
  • BOOKMARK VIDEO

EMBED THIS VIDEO

Copy the code below and paste it into your website:

MORE OPTIONS

Change Size

TRANSCRIPT

TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:01 GUEST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:00:03 HOST THAT WILL DO IT FOR TODAY'S "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." THE SHORT AND SHOWED TODAY, WE ARE TAKING YOUR LIVE...
00:03:47 Unidentified Speaker BOOK AND TO THE FIRST IN A DISCUSSION OF -- WELCOME TO THE FIRST IN A DISCUSSION OF POLITICS HERE...
00:09:21 Unidentified Speaker YOU MUST HAVE WRITTEN THAT PART OF THE BOOK, I DO NOT REMEMBER THAT ARGUMENT AT ALL. [LAUGHTER] THANK...
00:11:02 Unidentified Speaker ARIANNA, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT POLITICS IS MORE UNRULY AND DESTRUCTIVE...
00:11:15 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT THE WAY OF LOOKING AT AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE MEDIA THROUGH THIS PRISM OF LEFT AND RIGHT...
00:12:38 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ASK YOU, WHEN WE FIRST ASKED A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND IT WAS WELCOMED ON THE LIBERAL SIDE, THE...
00:13:04 Unidentified Speaker NO, WE ARE PUTTING IT THROUGH ATTITUDES AND PREFERENCES. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ONE OF OUR CITIZENS REPORTERS...
00:14:27 Unidentified Speaker I SHOULD SAY, THESE ARE INTENDED AS CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE FOUND THAT RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH A...
00:16:26 Unidentified Speaker MORE THAN ONE THING CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY...
00:19:06 Unidentified Speaker AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW WORLD MEDIA, OR DO YOU FEEL MORE LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE OF ABC NEWS?...
00:19:58 Unidentified Speaker WE ALL DID THAT IN THIS CYCLE. TO YOUR FIRST POINT, ABOUT WHETHER IT IS MAINSTREAM OR NEW MEDIA,...
00:22:01 Unidentified Speaker THAT BOVINE MENTALITY, THAT TUCKER TALK ABOUT -- TALKED ABOUT, MUCH OF POLITICS TODAY DOES NOT EVEN...
00:23:11 Unidentified Speaker YES, BUT IS -- IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ON TO IT. WHEN A DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL OPERATIVE GOES ON...
00:24:59 Unidentified Speaker MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE MINNESOTA AND FROM THE TWIN CITIES? [APPLAUSE]
00:25:06 Unidentified Speaker REPUBLICANS OVER THERE? FAIR? FINE. THERE WERE I GO, I ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY THINK OF SARAH PALIN....
00:26:03 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:26:07 Unidentified Speaker SURE, ABSOLUTELY. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS, I AM LAUGHING AND NO ONE LEFT -- EVERYONE...
00:27:57 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS THE OBLIGATION OF JOURNALISTS, WHETHER OUR E-MAILS FILL UP OR NOT, WITH COMPLAINTS? NONE OF...
00:28:16 Unidentified Speaker WHAT TO BE ASKING? A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I SUSPECT SENATOR MCCAIN DID NOT ASK. [LAUGHTER] YOU...
00:30:45 Unidentified Speaker BETWEEN THEM, YOU HAVE THE PERSON HOLDING THE NEWSCAST IN PLACE. THAT'S WHAT IS CALLED THE ANCHOR....
00:32:03 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE CRITICAL OF THAT.
00:32:07 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT CRITICAL OF ANY SPECIFIC NETWORKS BEHAVIOR. I BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT THINGS BEGIN TO FALL...
00:32:19 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JUST EXPLAIN --
00:32:24 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO GO TO YOU, BUT MARK MAY HAVE TO GO.
00:32:30 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTRY IS IN ALL MEDIA AND NEW MEDIA, WE HAVE EXAMINED SARAH PALIN'RECORDS,...
00:32:58 Unidentified Speaker MARK HAS TO GO. [APPLAUSE] I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF THINGS THROWN OUT,...
00:33:25 Unidentified Speaker IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE. WE GOT HERE, NOT AS BECAUSE...
00:35:41 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS KIND OF IN A SIMILAR VEIN. HOW DO YOU -- EVERYONE VIEWS THINGS THROUGH THEIR OWN LANDS ENSE....
00:36:07 Unidentified Speaker WHO IS SET FOR?
00:36:11 Unidentified Speaker I WILL LET YOU DECIDE. [LAUGHTER]
00:36:18 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THERE IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE ALL COMMENTATE. TWO OF US WERE TALKING BEFORE WE CAME ON TODAY...
00:38:17 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS MOSTLY IN IDEOLOGICAL TERMS. ONE THING I THINK IT'S A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE WAY...
00:39:26 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS UNDENIABLE. YOU ARE RIGHT. THE STORY LINES MERGE. IT IS REAL TO THINK THAT RUDY GIULIANI...
00:40:26 Unidentified Speaker YES, SIR?
00:40:30 Unidentified Speaker WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE LONG DIVIDE. IN MINNESOTA, I'M RUNNING FOR STATE HOUSE. THERE...
00:41:06 Unidentified Speaker TUCKER.
00:41:10 Unidentified Speaker I INVITE YOU TO COME TOMORROW TO MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE RON PAUL FEST. I THINK THE SMALL LIBERTARIANS,...
00:42:34 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD KNOW THAT RON PAUL SUPPORTERS ARE AMONG THOSE WHO'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW FLUIDITY OF...
00:43:40 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANT TUCKER'S AND THE DOWNS .
00:43:46 Unidentified Speaker IN TERMS OF TRYING TO DIVIDE THE BIAS THROUGHOUT THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA, ONE THING THAT MAKES IT REALLY...
00:44:39 Unidentified Speaker PEOPLE LIKE BOB BARR, FOR EXAMPLE, NOW HAVE MANY MORE PLATFORMS ON LINE. IN FACT, HE HAS ALSO BEEN...
00:47:20 Unidentified Speaker WITH RESPECT TO THAT ONE THING WITH THE WAR, FOR EXAMPLE, MCKINNEY VOTED AGAINST THE WAR, OF ALL THE...
00:47:42 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO COVER A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES IN SOME WAY THAT WE...
00:48:02 Unidentified Speaker WHEN HE DISCUSSED CHANCES, I AGREE WITH THAT. WHEN YOU DISCUSS ISSUES, THEIR OPINION MATTERS FOR NOTHING?...
00:48:09 Unidentified Speaker CERTAINLY. WHAT RON PAUL DID -- RON PAUL WAS CONSIDERED BUT A LOT OF FOLKS AS A FRINGE CANDIDATE WHO...
00:48:56 Unidentified Speaker TUCKER, YOU PULL YOUR PUNCHES ON KEITH GOVERNMENA LITTLE WHILE AGO. YOU AGREE WITH ARIANNA HUFFINGTON...
00:49:12 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT. IT IS NOTHING PERSONAL. I'M NOT CARRYING THE WATER FOR WOODWARD. I'M NOT GOING TO ATTACK...
00:49:48 Unidentified Speaker FOR MOST PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, THIS IS TRUE OF DEBT OF RICK AND IT IS TRUE OF ME,...
00:50:26 Unidentified Speaker I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. THAT IS THE HALLMARK OF THE AND REASONABLE PERSON. THE UNWILLINGNESS TO...
00:51:12 Unidentified Speaker COME ON. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE. DISMISSING PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT IS REALLY...
00:51:22 Unidentified Speaker IT IS DIFFERENT.
00:51:24 Unidentified Speaker IS NOT AT ALL DIFFERENCE.
00:51:27 Unidentified Speaker THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT. CAN WE NOT RECOGNIZE THAT?
00:51:33 Unidentified Speaker RECOGNIZE THE CONTRADICTION. AT THE CENTER OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY --
00:51:42 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE DEBATING WHETHER THE EARTH IS FLAT.
00:51:45 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION AT HAND.
00:51:48 Unidentified Speaker SOMETIMES THE SCIENCE IS CONCLUSIVE ENOUGH, UNLESS YOU ARE BEING PAID BY EXXON, THEY START DEBATING...
00:52:12 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS ABSURD.
00:52:16 Unidentified Speaker THE REAL PROBLEM WITH SARAH PALIN IS NOT EXPERIENCE. I THINK DEMOCRATS MAKE A HUGE MISTAKE IN THEIR...
00:53:24 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. WHAT HE SAYS RESONATES WITH MANY...
00:53:40 Unidentified Speaker IS NOT ABOUT THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. THAT'S MY POINT.
00:53:45 Unidentified Speaker IT'S A VERY, VERY SIMPLE POINT. I'M NOT SAYING HE'S A BAD GUY OR DISAGREE WITH WHAT HE THINKS. I'M...
00:53:58 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT IF YOU COMPARE KEITH WITH BILL O'REILLY. BILL O'REILLY HAS NO COMMITMENTS...
00:54:29 Unidentified Speaker WARMING THE PLANET, OR AT LEAST OUR BALLROOM.
00:54:35 Unidentified Speaker LOOK, AND NUMBER OF THINGS WERE SAID THIS MORNING THAT I AGREE WITH. I WANT TO PICK UP ONE. I DO NOT...
00:56:14 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD GO TO THE QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT. I ALSO A STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THAT. I...
00:57:06 Unidentified Speaker THE BEST THING THAT HAS COME OF THE NEW WAY IS THE NEW VOICES THAT HAVE EMERGED THAT ARE SAYING, SOPHISTICATED,...
00:57:35 Unidentified Speaker SOMEONE WHO HAS SUBSCRIBED TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND FREQUENTLY GOES TO THEIR WEB SITE, I THINK...
00:59:07 Unidentified Speaker WHEN I TALK TO YOUNG JOURNALIST ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY -- I'M 31. I TALK TO PEOPLE RIGHT...
01:00:43 Unidentified Speaker ARIANNA PROMISED ME A SUPER SHORT LAST WORD.
01:00:48 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT THINK IT WILL EVER BE DEAD. THERE'S SOMETHING IN OUR DNA THAT'S STILL LIKES READING NEWSPAPERS....
01:01:19 Unidentified Speaker APPLAUSE]
01:01:27 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US. C-SPAN.ORG [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE]...
01:03:05 Unidentified Speaker WHAT YOU WERE LISTENING TO WAS THE MORNING TO SHOW POLITICS SERVED UP BY THE FOLKS AT POLITICO, YAHOO!,...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

RELATED PROGRAMS

PEOPLE GRID LIST

  • Carlson, Tucker
  • Halperin, Mark
  • Harris, John F.
  • Huffington, Arianna S.
  • Klein, Rick
  • Noonan, Peggy

PURCHASE