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To: TitansAFC
"How does it feel ..." questions are for AMATEURS. Notwithstanding the fact that "pros" *snort* like Gibson, Katie Couric and Matt Lauer (aka "pinhead and possum head") use them all the time.

I've carved my own niche making a humble but decent living as a specialized kind of writer of articles for public consumption. I write the articles by doing one thing: asking questions. I learned a long time ago as a news feature writer that only stupid, lazy, and/or amateurish reporters ask:

1. Questions that can be answered either "yes" or "no."
2. "How do you feel" or "How does it make you feel" questions.
3. Questions to which anyone with brains already knows the answer. "How do you feel" questions fall into this category about 90 percent of the time.

All of the above are the products of LAZY interviewers. It takes a lot of time and effort to phrase smart, revealing questions in ways that they cannot be answered "yes" or "no," but instead require the subject to elaborate and explain. As for "How do you feel" questions -- they are beyond lazy. They are inane, juvenile, and insulting to both audiences and subject.

19 posted on 09/13/2008 10:45:54 AM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: Finny

If you ever want to hear a professional interview by a fairly well-known individual, listen to Hugh Hewitt interview someone.


31 posted on 09/13/2008 11:22:35 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Eras will now be referred to as: BS: Before Sarah and AS: After Sarah)
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