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[pez]

Ha. So I wasn't the only person who had a problem with the way Sian Williams interviewed Gordon Brown the other day in Breakfast. And I didn't even see it, I just heard the TV from my room and already knew she was Doing It Wrong. There's sharp, smart interviewing that forces a politician to answer a question, then there is "I want to look like I'm good at this" interviewing, asking a question and them interrupting endlessly even though for once a politician is actually trying to answer the question that's been asked. Fail.

Yes, I really don't like people who think they're awesome or pretend they are awesome when all they're doing is parading their fail.

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[jetsam]

The BBC should stick to Jeremy Paxman. Now he is a good interviewer for politicians.

[digiguy-online.livejournal.com]

Interviewing 101:
1: open ended questions
2: get them to repeat the subject matter in the sentence or the question
3: Probe
4: ???
5: PROFIT