WP (Froomkin): The Foxnewsified Bush interview (no Iraq!)

[Cocoa]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/06/09/BL2005060901050_pf.html

Thanks to Fox News's exclusive interview with President Bush yesterday, the leader of the free world is now on the record when it comes to John Kerry's Yale grades, Laura Bush's presidential aspirations and -- yes -- the Michael Jackson trial's effect on public policy discourse.

Who wants to talk about that messy war in Iraq, or the Downing Street Memo? Not Neil Cavuto, Fox News executive, anchor, commentator and Bush campaign contributor.

Bush did make a bit of news by refusing to rule out the closure of the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

But even fellow Fox News anchor John Gibson marveled at Cavuto's line of questioning when Cavuto came on his show later.

Gibson: "So, Neil, I got to ask, how did Michael Jackson come up?"

Cavuto: "Well, I have got to be honest. I brought it up."

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[sabra]

1. Froomkin stikes again!

recommended

[Cocoa]

3. he strikes almost every day

Froomkin is a must-read. I can hardly believe he's in the WP.

[acmejack]

2. Faux continues to live up to it's reputation.

or should that be down to it's reputation? They rally put him through the wringer, didn't they?

[Pirate Smile]

4. Gawd, that is pathetic.

"Later, Gibson had this to say: "Now, Neil, nobody can talk to the president very long without bringing up the war."

Cavuto: "Right..."

And yet, somehow the topic never came up. Not a single question, even though according to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll, Americans consider the war in Iraq Bush's number two priority, right after the economy and jobs.

To his credit, Cavuto did ask about the number one priority. He put his question this way "Do you think you get a bum rap in the media on the economy?"

Here's Fox News's partial transcript of the interview. Here's the video: part one, part two and part three."

[kliljedahl]

5. "Well, I have got to be honest"

First time for everything, I guess.


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