My “West Wing”-esque walk-and-talk moment with John Edwards
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Posted by Jennifer L Pozner August 6th, 2007 |
Still on the road with spotty email access, so haven’t been able to write up the full, detailed post I promised the other day about my conversation about media consolidation with Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards at the YearlyKos convention. During this walk-and-talk (how “West Wing” is this photo, by the way?), I asked him to discuss media consolidation as a non-partisan issue, to broaden out his discussion beyond simply talking about Rupert Murdoch, and instead to come out with a plan to reverse the Telecommunications Act of 1996. (This was a fluke that I was even able to get time with him — it wasn’t a pre-planned interview.) I’ll have more on this when I have more reliable email access, but for now, here’s a photo I didn’t know was taken — I hadn’t even realized there was a photographer present.
Photo by Rachel Feierman.
August 6th, 2007 12:51
OK…now I really hate you.
But I can’t wait to hear what he has to say about the media. This combined with today’s anti-NAFTA talk is really pulling me into his corner. Of course I still am in the middle of the room.
August 6th, 2007 15:08
I like most of what I read about Edwards, including his environmental platform. I’m surprised he’s not considered more of a frontrunner, unless it’s because he’s more liberal sounding (and original) than Obama and Hillary Clinton. Though remember Kerrey became an upset candidate in ‘04 when Dean was supposedly it, so Edwards could come out in front later (although my heart belongs to Kucinich)….
August 7th, 2007 21:28
why so apologetic!? claim your moment - you belong there! i’m so grateful you do what you do.
December 20th, 2007 14:30
[…] Advocated for media justice in powerful arenas: Following conversations with WIMN, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards’ campaign began speaking publicly against media consolidation. […]
July 15th, 2008 20:25
[…] And, for some post-primary-season insights, PBS’s David Brancaccio (of the stellar news and public affairs program Now) will interview former Senator (and 2004 Democratic VP nominee) John Edwards. (Regular WIMN’s Voices readers may remember our conversation with Edwards about the need to break up the media monopolies and support media policy reform, and our commentary about media reactions to Edwards’ presidential campaign.) […]