Admittedly I'm no fan of her breathless, take-no-prisoners, abrasive as, give no interviewee a breather and constantly interrupt 'em and on a never-ending, ongoing basis...-yes, they do say it takes one to know one! -...having said that (!) let me simply say that TV3's The Nation compere Lisa Owen used that quality to her superlative advantage the other day...(as I was reminded by that laugh-a-minute Mickey Mouse/Goofy lookalike - no wonder he was sent to report back on *'the Donald' in the US of A - Paddy Gower, on today's The Nation end-of-year get-together).
Yes, with America's United Nations ambassador Samanatha Powers the previous Sunday (on the November 27th The Nation), Lisa Owens, like the proverbial dog with a bone, cornered her, rounded on her ceaselessly, doubled down and came back - again, again and again; almost ad nauseum - for more, more, and more...and Ms Powers showed it - and in every which way (to the nth degree and beyond).
Yes, thank you Lisa for doing what every half-pie decent journalist ought to do - and these days so seldom do do - i.e. hold your guest to account. And believe me when I say there was a heckuva lot here to (attempt at least to) hold the 'honourable' woman and international representative of the most powerful nation of earth to account for. In particular it's inveterate, pot-like habit of claiming the kettle's so much darker than itself. Well, as Ms Owens demonstrated time and time again, those living in glass houses really oughtn't chuck stones and rocks at others. Because for every single innocent, (including) hospital patient and worker bombed to hell (and beyond) by the likes of Putin's Russia, and its client vassal state Syria...well, let's just say there's 'the odd' hospital and school with their many innocent and extremely vulnerable 'clientele' and clinicians targeted inadvertently, oh yes, as mere 'collateral damage' according to Ms Clinton, not to mention the occasional wedding party out celebrating (till they're bombed to smithereens) throughout the Middle East (from Pakistan through Afghanistan over to Syria and Iraq etcetera)...that hey, perhaps deserve just a mention also?
*I.e. Mr Gower's distant relative, the late, great Donald Duck himself.
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