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 No 'Girly Dog' 
 for Obama 

Despite Walters' entreaties, president-elect wants 'big rambunctious' canine

Nov 26, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama doesn't want a “girly dog” that just “sits in your lap and things,” he tells Barbara Walters in an interview set to air tonight, dismissing her unabashed lobbying for a White House pup similar to her sweet Havanese, Cha Cha Cha. “We're going to... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Barbara Walters • interview • President Obama • White House dog

 Obama : Execs 'Tone Deaf' 
 to Economic Dirge

President-elect urges Wall St. bosses to step up, forgo bonuses

Nov 26, 08 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Auto executives taking private jets to bailout talks is a symptom of a much larger problem, President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview today on ABC's Good Morning America. The "tone deaf" move revealed that industry leaders—and highly paid CEOs in general—are out of touch with the... More »

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Barack Obama • executive compensation • Barbara Walters • interview • President Obama

Interview

... But We're the Good Guys, Says One Pirate

'We consider ourselves heroes,' captain says

Nov 22, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - “We don’t see hijacking as a criminal act,” says Asad “Booyah” Abdulahi, “but as a road tax because we have no central government to control our sea.” Unable to afford college, and unable to get another job thanks to the government’s collapse, Abdulahi... More »

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Somalia • pirates • interview

opinion

 Why 
 Terry  
 Gross  
 Is Great 
 

NPR host's interview of Bill Ayers is absolutely textbook

Nov 20, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Terry Gross is one of the best interviewers in the business, and her recent session with Bill Ayers proves why, writes James Fallows in the Atlantic. The host of NPR’s Fresh Air avoids common modern pitfalls: She’s neither attack dog nor lapdog, and doesn’t try to prove... More »

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NPR • interview • Bill Ayers • Terry Gross

Unrepentant Ayers: I Was 'Demonized'

Campaign piñata says of his radical past:
We didn't do enough

Nov 14, 08 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - William Ayers broke his silence this morning on Good Morning America, and he was anything but repentant. The former ‘60s radical called the attacks on him “a profoundly dishonest narrative” designed to “demonize” him, ABC reports. But he didn’t apologize for controversial deeds by him or... More »

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Barack Obama • radical • hippies • interview • Bill Ayers

GLOSSIES

 Lively Not Really That Gossipy 

Gossip Girl star waxes poetic on her career, clothes, co-stars

Nov 13, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Blake Lively might be the "hottest senior ever to roam the halls" of hit show Gossip Girl, but the 21-year-old is a far cry from the "boozy party girl she plays on TV," writes Dana Wood in W. "I don't really like to go out,"... More »

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television • celebrity • interview • Gossip Girl • television personality • celebrity interview

Bill Ayers Will Appear on ABC Tomorrow

Campaign bogeyman will discuss path to
'60s radicalism

Nov 13, 08 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - After keeping a low profile through the presidential election in which he became a talking point, Chicago activist Bill Ayers will appear on Good Morning America tomorrow, ABC News reports. In the exclusive TV interview, Ayers will discuss his transformation into a 1960s radical and his memoir, Fugitive Days. More »

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presidential campaign • GOP • hippies • activists • interview • Bill Ayers

(Newser) - Katie Couric didn't want to diss Sarah Palin when grilled by a New York Post reporter, but she did let slip that the Alaska governor "should keep her head down and learn about governing." Couric, whose interview with Palin during the presidential campaign opened up the candidate to... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • CBS • Sarah Palin • interview • CBS Evening News

Ridicule of BBC Host Makes Vidal a YouTube Hit

Author 'knows too much' to be on TV

Nov 6, 08 3:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Gore Vidal is a YouTube sensation thanks to his election-night interview by David Dimbleby of the BBC, whom the famously contentious American author mocked mercilessly, the Telegraph reports. Vidal started by saying that he didn’t expect Barack Obama to win so easily, because the Republican Party is desperate to... More »

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Barack Obama • BBC • viral video • Election 2008 • interview • celebrity interview • Gore Vidal • David Dimbleby

GLOSSIES

Foreign Policy Drove Wedge Between Hagel, McCain

Fellow GOP senators and Vietnam vets 'fundamentally disagree' on key issues

Oct 28, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though Chuck Hagel and John McCain have plenty in common as Republican senators and Vietnam veterans, the Nebraskan says foreign policy is why he’s not on board. “In good conscience, I could not enthusiastically—honestly—go out and endorse him,” Hagel tells the New Yorker, “when... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Chuck Hagel • Senate Republicans • foreign policy • Election 2008 • interview

 Palin: I'm No Bubblehead 

Candidate tells People she's an intellectual, a voracious reader, and a great cook

Oct 23, 08 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tina Fey's portrayal of Sarah Palin as a bubblehead is way off, the candidate tells People magazine in a joint interview with hubby Todd. Palin says she considers herself an intellectual and is a voracious reader, largely of historical books and autobiographies. The Looming Tower, a look at events leading... More »

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Tina Fey • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • Todd Palin

 Palin Sorry for 
 'Pro-America' Remark 

Candidate says sorry for misunderstanding; discusses what she'd do as VP

Oct 22, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin apologized last night for any misunderstandings created by her remarks about "pro-America areas of this great nation." The candidate told a CNN interviewer she hadn't meant to imply that parts of the country are unpatriotic. "If that's the way it came across, I apologize,"... More »

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Gavin Newsom • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • patriotism

 Hillary: I (Probably) Won't Run Again

Clinton says she's not interested in Supreme Court, Majority Leadership

Oct 14, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The chances of Hillary Clinton making a second White House run are “probably close to zero,” the senator told Fox and Friends in an interview this morning. She similarly shot down speculation that she’d be the next Senate Majority Leader or a Supreme Court justice. “I’... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Fox News • Election 2008 • presidential bid • interview

Palin: I Goofed Up to Keep SNL in Biz

Just-kidding candidate blames 'trivial' questions for dicey interviews

Oct 7, 08 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's flubbed interviews were all part of her plan to safeguard America's Palin-lampooning industry, the candidate quipped at a Florida rally yesterday. Palin told supporters that the rocky moments in the Katie Couric interviews—including a failure to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with—came from annoyance... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview

 Palin: 'Couric Clobbered Me' 

A 'little annoyed' about not being allowed to 'talk without a filter'

Oct 5, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has complained that she got "clobbered" in her interview with Katie Couric, reports the Huffington Post. "It's like, man, no matter what you say, you are going to get clobbered," she grumbled to Fox News. "If you choose to answer a question, you get... More »

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Katie Couric • American media • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • television interview

O'Reilly Berates Frank in On-Air Shouting Match

Fox host, Mass. Democrat call each other names

Oct 3, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly has called for the resignation of House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, so it was a predictably tense situation when the Massachusetts Democrat appeared on his show last night. A remarkable shouting match ensued, even by O’Reilly’s standards. The Fox host quickly began screaming at... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • Barney Frank • interview

Supreme Court Question Stumps Palin

Palin fails to name a non-Roe ruling
she disagrees with

Oct 2, 08 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin drew a blank when Katie Couric asked her if she could name any Supreme Court decisions besides Roe vs Wade that she disagreed with, the Washington Post reports. The vice presidential candidate said she believed states should handle the big issues—but then failed to name a single... More »

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Katie Couric • US Supreme Court • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview

 Palin Elusive 
 on Abortion 
 in Couric Interview 

'Feminist' dodges policy issues, sticks to conservative personal beliefs

Oct 1, 08 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric pressed Sarah Palin on controversial issues in an interview last night and got more personal than policy answers, Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik writes. When asked if it should be illegal for a teenage victim of rape or incest to get an abortion, the candidate said... More »

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abortion • Katie Couric • feminism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview

OPINION

 Don't Pity 
 This Woman 

Palin deserves our scorn, and that's it

Sep 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The media seems to be lining up to feel sorry for poor Sarah Palin, forced to endure these deer-in-headlights interviews. “I guess I’m one cold dame,” Rebecca Traister writes in Salon, because “when you stage a train wreck of this magnitude…I don’t feel... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Katie Couric • feminism • Condoleezza Rice • Elizabeth Dole • Christine Todd Whitman • Election 2008 • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin • interview • vice presidential candidate

 Tina Kills Again as Sarah 

Foreign experience? She tells Russians who stray into Alaska to 'shoo'

Sep 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey skewered Sarah Palin in a command reprise performance on Saturday Night Live last night. This time, Fey parodied the candidate's foibles during her interview with Katie Couric, reports Comedy Centric. In the opening sketch, Fey, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Palin, is stumped by a question... More »

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Saturday Night Live • parody • Tina Fey • debate • Election 2008 • Amy Poehler • Sarah Palin • interview

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