Media Update
I’d like to thank Lores Rizkalla for inviting me on her Just a Woman radio show Sunday night to talk about the Dubai Ports World fiasco. Lores was a most gracious host and I thoroughly enjoyed getting interviewed by Lores. Follow this link to listen to the interview. I was on for two segments so they’re broken down into two parts.
As I listened to the first hour’s callers, it was obvious that most of the callers were strongly opposed to the deal. I’m glad that I listened to these callers because most, though not all, of their worries were legitimate worries. Because I’d researched these issues this past week, I think I helped bring a comfort level to more of the listeners.
One thing that Lores and I strongly agreed on is that the Bush Administration did a miserable job handling this story. As I told Lores in an email this afternoon, what’s most frustrating to me is that this issue wouldn’t be such a wide split (Last I’d heard, it was a 62-17 split) had the Bush communications team done a better job of educating people as quickly as possible.
One other thing that became apparent during the interview is that Lores’ interviewing style was far less confrontational than the WH press corps, which I think is a far better interviewing technique.
I strongly recommend that everyone make time to listen to Lores’ show. You won’t be disappointed. (Follow this link to listen to the live audio stream.)
Cross-post at LetFreedomRing
February 28th, 2006 at 2:16 am
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February 28th, 2006 at 4:34 am
A Taste of Tuesday
A mix of reading for your Tuesday morning:
The Black Republican looks at the hypocrisy of the left on the ports deal - and how the WSJ has come to the president’s defense.
Let’s face it: our borders are as porous as a spaghetti strainer, our …
February 28th, 2006 at 7:05 am
I agree the ports deal was a public relations failure on the part of the administration, though I wonder how they might have gotten out in front of the story.
Nasty situation to say the least.
February 28th, 2006 at 11:31 am
So that is what you sound like. :)
February 28th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
You listened and your hearing isn’t impaired??? Who would’ve known?
February 28th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
Gary,
Thank you so much for the kind words. It was a pleasure to have you on the show. You did a great job!
March 14th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
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