blackstrap Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Is it possible to interview the interviewer before being interviewed as the interviewee? ......ya ,I think I said that correctly. In other words it would be useful to know the agenda brought to the interview.Kind of like a talk show screener does.
Scott Lloyd Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 (edited) Being a Brit, I can understand your thinking President Obama has done a good job, since from your side of the pond his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize raises his stature greatly. And if you think that Obama has done a good job (I do wonder in what way, exactly?), you no doubt believe that David Cameron is one of the worst UK Prime Ministers in recent history. If so, I hold the opposite view, incidentally.Paul McCartney came over here and received some sort of medal from Obama.Now, I'm a Beatles fan going clear back to 1964 and the Ed Sullivan show. But when Paul started going off on what a lousy job George W. Bush did and how Obama is so much better and we ought to back off and let him do his job, etc., well, it really rubbed me the wrong way. Made me want to vote Obama out just to spite Paul.I think generally we Yanks really hate having outsiders tell us how to run our country. Edited April 7, 2012 by Scott Lloyd
Antoni Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 I found it a disappointing program too.Sweeney obviously feels he is now the BBC's "Cult buster", and appeared to be upset the LDS didn't react in way he wanted.The ex members he spoke to I found odd that the group session was clearly being held in a church so I do question their motives/impartiality.Implying Mitt's cousin was followed by LDS was a stretch too far, it could be all sorts - press, security etc. His deliberate blurring of the polygamists with official LDS was sad too.Elder Holland I thought was ok, yes he should have just come out and said Mitt would have made oath but explained 1990 changes and why they were made. The communications persons gaff, was sad that he fell for that trap, rather than just admit it exists and leave it at that. Most of it came down to X's word against Y's, which is hardly investigative journalism. I'd have thought he'd have spent more time with the UK singer chap (sorry I forget his name), as I'd have thought that would have been more interesting for a UK audience. The LDS can learn a thing or two from the experience I hope and be better prepared, as it'll only increase if Mitt gets nominated.
DBMormon Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Many here are saying this documentary was lame. I am an active mormon and unlike some of you I don't underestimate the gullibility of most people when they view things like this. Unfortunatly, many we see this and be swayed against ever see LDS in the light of a christian religion that has any normalcy to it.
zerinus Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 Being a Brit, I can understand your thinking President Obama has done a good job, since from your side of the pond his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize raises his stature greatly. And if you think that Obama has done a good job (I do wonder in what way, exactly?), you no doubt believe that David Cameron is one of the worst UK Prime Ministers in recent history. If so, I hold the opposite view, incidentally.I agree with what David Cameron has said about Barak Obama:Mr Cameron praised the president for having "pressed the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world".Comparing Mr Obama to former US President Theodore Roosevelt, Mr Cameron said he understood that "America must do the right thing but to provide moral leadership America must do it in the right way too".He praised Mr Obama for being strong when required to defend US national interests, while not rushing to "pick fights", and for having "found a new voice for America with the Arab people".http://www.bbc.co.uk...litics-17377386David Cameron has lavished praise on Barack Obama’s “moral authority” and “wisdom”, in comments seen in the United States as endorsing the President’s re-election campaign.At a state dinner in Washington, the Prime Minister likened Mr Obama to Theodore Roosevelt, one of the most respected and reforming presidents of the 20th century.Mr Cameron said that Mr Obama had “pressed the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world”. The comments were interpreted by the official White House reporter covering the dinner as “essentially an endorsement of another four years of Obama”.http://www.telegraph...-authority.htmlYou are out of the thread for politicking after a warning.
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