I didn't see him on Leno, but did watch the interview with O'Reilly. I thought Moore came across pretty well. Both he and O'Reilly were artful in their questions and answers. I thought O'Reilly's response to Moore's question of "Would you send your child to Iraq" was right on, as he answered "I can not speak for my child" I thought the back and forth of each person's interpretation of what a "lie" also went to O'Reilly. All in all, I have a better opinion of Moore and will now probably see his film if it comes on HBO.
On a side note, in looking at the ratings of the news networks' coverage of the DNC shows how polarized the country is and reveals something kind of tragic. In its coverage of the DNC, I thought MSNBC was by far the most balanced. You have Chris Matthews falling all over the dems, while a floor reporter is calling BS on something said by a delegate. Their coverage of the Iraq war was applauded by the Wall Street Journal as showing the least amount of bias. Yet they are a distant third in the ratings. That is too bad. That tells me that most people don't want to hear both sides of things, which I am sure drives the news channels coverage and analysis. I think now more than ever it is appropriate to be open-minded and take a pragmatic approach to this election. There are two sides to almost every story right now, and I personally think most people have already made up their minds.
Oh, and nice on-air f-bomb CNN.
