Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Homan reacts to the nearly 700 arrested in Mississippi ICE raids" video.
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They all do it. It's an artifact of live television. So often they HAVE to step in, because the interviewee has never been on camera, live, before. The professional newsie is far more sophisticated in that one way, and they start thinking they're more sophisticated than everyone about everything. There are very few things that are important to broadcast live. All other things should be long format and tastefully edited.
The one thing I wish they took power over by technical means is like they do on some of those sports shows, where 3 guys get their shot at a topic, and if anybody tries to jump in, his mic is muted. These t.v. people should totally control THAT. When they let people rant at the same time or shout one another down, they're being very unprofessional. Also when they just cut people off when they don't like their answers.
There used to be a tradition of a "talking stick," and the stick would be passed around the group, and everybody but the person with the talking stick must absolutely STFU. You get a lot more good information out of a group with that one rule. Only one person speaks and all persons speak.
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