Monday, March 01, 2010

Kristol: I didn't watch it, but I can still comment as if I did.



This is a unique skill.

KRISTOL: No, but I didn’t watch it, so — (laughter). I have a life. (laughter) You compared it at the beginning of the hour to a dog-and-pony show, and I thought to myself, that’s really an insult to dog-and-pony shows. I like the dog shows there on the Animal Planet. … Many people were impressive. The President showed his usual professorial ability to sort of say certain things and highlight certain facts, or alleged facts.
He admits that he didn't watch it and then goes on to comment as if he did. Only on Fox News....

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

He admits that he didn't watch it and then goes on to comment as if he did. Only on Fox News....

Kristol presumably hears or sees only snippets or second-hand accounts and he is criticized by you. In the next breath you make a snarky comment about "only on Fox News". The fact that you being from the UK have presumably never watched Fox news and have only seen snippets and been exposed to second-hand comments doesn't strike you as ironic?

Kel said...

The fact that you being from the UK have presumably never watched Fox news and have only seen snippets and been exposed to second-hand comments doesn't strike you as ironic?

I have watched quite enough of Fox News on their own website and on other websites over the years to know what their game is.

Kristol is being asked to comment, not on a network's quite obvious bias, as I have done, but on a specific event which he admits he did not see.