Harry Belafonte shreds Wolf Blitzer

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On today's The Situation Room, a few minutes ago, Wolf Blitzer grilled Harry Belafonte on his "Bush is the worst terrorist" remarks. It was a terrible interview, with Blitzer sounding more like Matt Drudge than a real journalist. But Belafonte was terrific, answer all the questions, even the stupid ones, superbly. He was articulate, accurate and compassionate. I don't agree with all his characterizations and wouldn't use all his metaphors, but the man sure blistered Wolf's hide. If the The Situation Room transcript site ever releases this one, read it, and have Belafonte's hoarse but insistent voice in your head.

The next segment was another puff piece on "Bush is no Oprah, but he's going off script." Doesn't help: he still sounds like an idiot.

UPDATE Here is the transcript of the Blitzer/Belafonte exchange, near the middle.

Comments

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In the early days of Nightline, I liked Wolf. He stuck to the subject and had three or four prepared questions, on topic, that balanced out the rproduced segments and/or live reporting. He was never a particularly good interviewer, but he didn't have to be. In The Situation Room, he doesn't even get to sit down. He stands in front of this laptop, with a big screen behind him. It looks chintzy, and Wolf tries to be master of the situation, but he's horribly out of place. CNN has done him no favors.

Oh... and he's sold out. But then again, the conservative news media just eats people up. No virgins for them.