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athena

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11. The Bill Moyers interviews were amazing in that way.

Thu Oct 20, 2016, 01:21 PM

Oct 2016

It was never about Bill Moyers. He would recede into the background and let the person speak, interjecting only to get more depth or to refocus the discussion.

I agree with you about Charlie Rose, by the way. I used to watch him about ten years ago. After a while, he began to irritate me with his self-importance and his tendency to turn his interviews into a way for him to show off how great he was. At around the same time, Bill Moyers was interviewing amazing personalities like Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie. If you haven't seen those interviews, I suggest you take a look. They are pure gold.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/faithandreason/portraits_atwood.html
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/faithandreason/portraits_rushdie.html

These sets of interviews are about "Faith and Reason". As an atheist, I am not particularly interested in the question of faith and reason, but I loved the interviews nonetheless. Bill Moyers, of course, is a seminary graduate. A truly great interviewer can interview a person about a topic he is interested in, and still make the interview interesting to someone who is not interested in that topic.

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Watching Nancy Pelosi on Charlie Rose on Bloomberg, I am pretty disappointed [View all] still_one Oct 2016 OP

Charlie Rose is a self-important, overrated ass who talks over his "interviewees"... Bongo Prophet Oct 2016 #1

It surprised me that he was that way still_one Oct 2016 #3

I understand, and sorry if I came across too harsh Bongo Prophet Oct 2016 #5

You came across just right, and actually gave me some insight to what was happening. Thanks still_one Oct 2016 #6

Dan Rather, I think when he does "the big interview" on AXS TV a kennedy Oct 2016 #8

Thanks for the tip~ I'll keep an eye out for that. Bongo Prophet Oct 2016 #10

The Bill Moyers interviews were amazing in that way. athena Oct 2016 #11

Thanks! Agreed, one of the best ever! Bongo Prophet Oct 2016 #12

He's been very rightwing for a very long time senseandsensibility Oct 2016 #2

interesting. I had that same idea. I guess you just confirmed with the Michael Moore interview what still_one Oct 2016 #4

He's an idiot. In an interview with Paul McCartney, he called him John. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #7

oh weel, so much for preparation still_one Oct 2016 #9