A show called The B Cast has an episode in which John Ziegler and Nate Silver debate Ziegler's recent polls that Ziegler claims prove Obama supporters are not well-informed about some of the negative aspects of Obama's past (e.g. Ayers, Wright, etc.). The episode is quite long, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. The bickering is kind of hilarious.
An interesting note on Ziegler: he was profiled in The Atlantic by David Foster Wallace in April of 2005. "Host," the profile, was later included in Ira Glass' The New Kings of Non-Fiction. I really enjoyed the descriptions of why he is a fantastic talk-radio host.
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Yeah, I listened to the first half of it, but haven't finished yet. I know this sort of thing is more difficult to do than it seems, but Nate looked pretty poor in the first half, dodging a question about push polling and trying to overshout his opponent (although Ziegler's "WHAT'S THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION?" line reminded me of a few other hosts).
ReplyDeleteYeah, it isn't the prettiest debate, but it is interesting nonetheless.
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