Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (upper photo) turned down several invitations to appear on Sunday news shows.
It’s not as if the media will treat her like Sarah Palin. You know, put her in a deep chair with short legs under poor lighting and have Charlie Gibson loom over her (lower photo) trying to trap her with a question he didn’t even know the answer to.
And it’s not as if Katie Couric would edit her interview to make her look bad like she did to Palin.
No, it wasn’t like that at all. According to a report at the link below, Nancy Pelosi was invited to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press,” ABC's "This Week,” “Fox News Sunday” and CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The Sunday morning talk show circuit is a traditional place to find politicians trying to recover from political missteps or trying to explain themselves after a week at the top of the news cycle.
It can also give them a chance to set the agenda for the week ahead.
A Sunday show appearance, with its in-depth, one-on-one interview format, gives politicians a chance to answer many questions on a specific topic, often resulting in a controversy being put to bed.
Possibly Ms. Pelosi’s comments were too big to be “put to bed” by appearing on the Sunday political talk shows.
It’s a sure sign she is in trouble when she declines a chance to bash Bush on alternative interrogation in front of the friendly CNN and MSNBC cameras.
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