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| 60 Minutes or O'Reilly Factor?; Which is best, worst? | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 26 2009, 04:01 PM (569 Views) | |
| Hawkins | Apr 26 2009, 04:01 PM Post #1 |
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Given the choice between having a client (or boss) on 60 Minutes, or the O'Reilly Factor, which would you choose? Which is the toughest to prepare for? Which could give you the biggest curve ball? |
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| ebieniek | Apr 27 2009, 02:54 PM Post #2 |
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Not sure what others might think, but there's no way I'd want to appear on Bill O'Reilly's show. From my view, it looks like a "guest" on his show hardly gets a chance to express their opinion because he's always blasting his own. I'm not sure anyone, regardless of experience and training, fares very well on O'Reilly. 60 Minutes may be tough, but it seems like you know what you're dealing with. |
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| Steve Wilson | Apr 27 2009, 10:26 PM Post #3 |
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I've actually had clients on both 60 Minutes and the O'Reilly Factor and I'd have to say I'd take 60 Minutes any day of the week. We had one client that called us AFTER he had been on the O'Reilly Factor and asked us to critique it BEFORE he went on 60 Minutes and asked us if he should even go on 60 Minutes. I looked at the tape of the O'Reilly Factor and my only question was why he ever agreed to go on the O'Reilly Factor. He was set up. O'Reilly acted like it was going to be one of those "we're just going to talk" and the hammered him. He wasn't ready. He just wasn't experienced enough to say "no." It wasn't an interview. It was an interrogation. He went on 60 Minutes, afterward, and had a great interview. It was tough, but fair. There are some news shows you ought to think of a couple of times before you agree to go on them, and the O'Reilly Factor is one of them. As a general rule, I'd stay clear of it. |
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| Mike Barnes | Jun 1 2009, 10:22 PM Post #4 |
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I'd think you'd have to be nuts to go on the O'Reilly factor, but then again, I think you'd have to be crazy to go on many of those so-called talk shows where the host gets paid for hollering at anyone who might not agree with what he or she has to say. |
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