Talking to lenses

October 5, 2008 in Uncategorized | 5 comments

It’s been suggested that Sarah Palin hasn’t had much media training. On the contrary, she had plenty enough as a sports reporter. Check this out:

In that video, from her days reporting for an Anchorage TV station, she’s clearly not Major Market. But you can see how her persona today is a combination of aw-shucks-doggone-it hockey mom, smart political operator and TV personality. And the latter cannot be discounted.

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  1. Russell Nelson’s avatar

    Russell Nelson on October 6, 2008 at 2:06 am

    I don’t think that being a reporter qualifies you to be interviewed by a reporter. That would be like saying that being able to shoot qualifies you to be shot.

  2. James Cherkoff’s avatar

    James Cherkoff on October 6, 2008 at 6:25 am

    Oooh, it’s like Nicole Kidman in To Die For, in which, now I come to think of it, she is very much like a pitbull with lipstick!

  3. Jonathan Marks’s avatar

    Jonathan Marks on October 6, 2008 at 7:06 am

    But it does train you to play to the camera and make yourself look the best infront of the nation. I agree with Doc that you cannot discount the appeal of personality in Main Street USA.

  4. Doc Searls’s avatar

    Doc Searls on October 6, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Russ, I see you’re talking about another kind of media training. Point taken. I also think that Palin is more at ease with cameras — and using them to reach past intermediators and talk directly with ordinary folks — than anybody we’ve seen in a long time. Certainly more than Biden, McCain, and even Obama, all of which are to some degree mannered and uncomfortable.

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