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To: KLP who wrote (11425)	10/9/2003 1:58:42 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793693

How Television played it _________________________ Hollywood Suspense Missing From Recall By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 8, 2003; 7:55 AM By midnight, Tom Brokaw was declaring it "an amazing American story" and wondering if there might be a constitutional amendment so Governor Arnold could run for president. What a difference a recall makes. News organizations had been poised to write the Hollywood ending for days, and the networks had been sitting on their exit-poll projections for hours -- no Florida humiliation possible because the thing wasn't close. The night's only cliffhanger was the Marlins beating the Cubs in the 11th. Just after 11 p.m. EDT, CNN's Wolf Blitzer turned to Jeff Greenfield and said: "Some thought this was going to be a long night." Right. But it wasn't. "Once again the people of California have channeled their middle-class populist anger into a surprising and unprecedented event," Greenfield said. It was instant-analysis time. "Will he have to endure a backlash of left-wing anger and another recall?" asked MSNBC's Chris Matthews. "They'll be trying to kill him from Day One," Peggy Noonan replied. Fox's Fred Barnes called the recall, in a state that Al Gore won big, "a remarkable victory for Republicans" and "a defeat for special-interest liberalism." Mara Liasson said the results would "blunt" Democratic complaints "that somehow this election was illegitimate." Jesse Ventura, in T-shirt and shades, was less enthused on MSNBC, saying Schwarzenegger is "not some anti-politician" but will be "guided and controlled by the Republican Party." So it went all day. Three hours before the voting ended, ex-Clintonite Paul Begala said on CNN that rich Democrats had told him they are ready to finance a recall against Governor Schwarzenegger. If so, those political reporters might as well just stay in L.A. washingtonpost.com

To: KLP who wrote (11425)	10/9/2003 2:10:49 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793693

I never watch this guy, but he seems to be able to dish it out better than he can take it. "Romensko" ____________________________ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003 O'Reilly ends "Fresh Air" interview early after spat with Gross freshair.npr.org Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly cut his "Fresh Air" interview short Tuesday -- the segment airs today -- after telling Terry Gross that "I'm getting the feeling that this is a hatchet job on me." Before walking out on Gross, O'Reilly asked: "Were you as tough on Al Franken as you are on me?" No, said Gross, because Franken wrote a book of satire. The two exchanged words and O'Reilly questioned whether Gross would "have the courage to put this on the air." HIS FAREWELL: "You should be ashamed of yourself and this is the end of this interview." poynter.org