This is why I think Tweety's annoying...

[SallyMander]

Not that I haven't loved him at moments this election season -- for example right after the Obamamercial -- BUT...

He asks a question to a guest. They start to answer. He interrupts, and asks another question. They start to answer (the first question? Second?). He interrupts again. You never actually get to hear what the other person wanted to say! Drives me crazy!!!

OK, rant off...

:hi:

[Fire1]

1. Oprah's good at that too.

[SallyMander]

3. Haha -- hadn't noticed that

but i don't watch her much. Doesn't seem like a good interview technique!

Welcome to DU -- you joined on the day of my wedding! :D

[Fire1]

16. Thanks and Congrats.

[GOPNotForMe]

2. AGREED! It's driving me extra crazy tonight! nt

[SallyMander]

4. Glad i'm not the only one!

:rofl:

:hi:

[KathieG]

5. Yeah, I've noticed that he does that...very annoying.

[SallyMander]

7. Right? Maybe he should just interview himself!

:D

:hi:

[hisownpetard]

6. I'm with you! As you said, he does have moments where he shines, but most of the time

he's doing exactly what you said - asking questions, interrupting the answer, asking another question - so it just
serves to annoy me more and more, till I turn it off altogether.


:hi:

[SallyMander]

8. LOL -- then do you turn it back on for Keith and Rachel?

:D

:hi:

[hisownpetard]

13. Yes. Then off and on again for Jon Stewart. WAY too much TV time, but I don't have Tivo

and don't know who to give up!

Help!! Can someone tell me where I put my life??

[RichGirl]

9. I think he interrupts when they start going....

...into talking points instead of actually answering the question. Honestly, I wanted to interrupt them all the time when they become predictable.

[SallyMander]

10. But sometimes it's before they've said *anything*

He can't possibly know what they're going to say!

[hisownpetard]

14. That's why it's soooo annoying. Sometimes the questions are good, and I really want

to hear the person's answer, but noooooo...

[DJ13]

11. David Gregory does the same thing

[JuniperLea]

12. He's redirecting...

If someone is actually trying to answer the question, or if they are making too much sense, or if their sense is not in keeping with his idea of where the interveiw should end up...

I'm sick of most talking heads right now. Especially after that dumbass who interviewed Ayers on ABC this morning... he did exactly the same thing.

[AlCzervik]

15. Sometimes well most times Charlie Rose does that but the guest doesn't need a spit shield.

like ok Charlie we know you want us to think you're super duper intelligent and all but tighten it up dude and let them answer.

[Captain Hilts]

17. He reminds me of people I hated in graduate school. nt

[krkaufman]

18. Agreed. "Hardball" isn't baffling and badgering an interviewee

It should be getting answers to the tough, insightful questions not being asked or answered. Matthews is just a shouter without any coherent approach to interviewing.

[TexanDem]

19. 100% right -- and he's getting worse at it! It's driving me crazy, too.

[rasputin1952]

20. I get the impression he is very insecure, he interrupts constantly...

and he thinks he is the only one who knows anything, (quite the contrary there).

I thin he is terrified of being seen as an idiot, so he has to talk incessantly, he is one of the more rude pundits out there, and he doesn't stick to his positions for any length of time, he spins like a sparrow in a tornado.

[Blue_In_AK]

21. I kind of like it when he does it

to the Republican shills, though. :evilgrin: