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To me, this makes Ann's point for her. This is exactly what Perky Katie does in all her interviews. She "asks" a question (also known as attacking if a conservative guest), then she doesn't let the guest really answer, then she refers to a transcript (as if waiving a piece of paper means something), then they go to break.

I have the same problem with Sean Hannity on Fox (as opposed to his radio program). Both Hannity and Colmns are guilty are asking questions -- which are really accusations -- and then cutting off the guest in mid sentence to go to a commercial. Don't get me wrong, I like Hannity a lot, particularly his drive time radio program where he really does give hostile guests a full and fair oppurtunity to state their position before he rips them to shreads. But on TV, he and his side kick provoke and antagonize and then break for a commercial without ever giving their guests a fair oppurtunity to speak. True, many of their guests are putrid scum, but I want to hear them speak without interruption so I know what the enemy is thinking.

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"True, many of their guests are putrid scum, but I want to hear them speak without interruption so I know what the enemy is thinking"

Part of the reason I quit watching those shows. I PARTUCULARLY hate it when the hosts goad their guests into HUGE shouting matches...everybody screaming at the tops of their lungs so it's impossible to understand whay they're saying.

It's like the new fashion in interviewing was taken from the "Jerry Springer" school of broadcast.