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Thursday, August 18, 2005
Mark Steyn, in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: I think the days when you had one distinguished man in late middle age, who pontificated for half and hour, and basically told you what you should think about what had happened in the world that day, I think those days are over. And it doesn't really matter whether you hire another distinguished man in late middle age, or a couple of sock puppets to do it. Actually, in France they used to have (probably still do have) puppets that did 15 minutes of news every night on the premium channel, Canal +. At the end of the week, France2 (if I recall correctly) ran the weeks updates on Sunday. The puppets had higher trust ratings than several real-life anchors, and their hammering on a Canard Enchainee investigation of the Prime Minister was cited as a major factor in his party's electoral defeat and his subsequent suicide.
Maybe sock puppets aren't such a bad idea. Certainly better than Rather.
posted by gbarto at 5:20 PM
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