Do too many trite stories command headlines?
Jeffrey Toobin: Sure. Absolutely. I mean, my mother was a great pioneer in television correspondent. And one of the things she said to me, which I often remember is, “Television is a good medium for conveying character. It’s not a good medium for conveying information.” So we tend to gravitate towards stories about people rather than stories about issues on television. And sometimes it leads to just trivialization. And I often try to bring issues into the story. There was a… One of the anchors, I won’t name who asked recently, “Do you think it’s a big deal that Bill Clinton is not going to attend Barack Obama’s speech at Invesco Fiedl?” And I said, “No. And who cares?” I mean, it’s just like, why would we think about something like that. Why is that, I mean, that to me was sort of personalizing issues to an unreasonable extent. I would much rather talk at least a little about what is Barack Obama’s healthcare proposal? You know, what is he proposed to do? I mean, those things are hard
