Pinning A Win

Watching this first half of Major Garrett’s interview with Obama for Faux Noise, it’s abundantly clear that Garrett chose the “lightning round” pacing in hopes of pinning Obama to commit on issues that haven’t worked their way through Congress. It’s also clear that Obama’s way too smart and capable of a speaker to fall for such juvenile tactics.


Garrett keeps asking whether Obama is “disappointed” because Faux Noise is desperate for an Obama disappointment to hang their hat on. Here’s the rest:

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  • IrishGirl

    The fast pace also seems to be due to editing…..note the cuts when they switch focus back to Major….

  • Matt Osborne

    There's a substantial effort to do what I call a "Faux Edit™" here, to be sure.