My pleasure, fren. I’ve moderated dozens of focus groups and have never seen anything like this. There was ONE person who didn’t belong in that room…and it wasn’t any of the respondents on stage.
she let them talk and correct the errors in her leading questions
she did not edit out their responses when it aired
Journalists have a tough job, and sometimes, we recognize their bias, but unfairly criticize. It's rare, but it is possible for them to have their bias, ask the loaded questions, frame the debate the way they see it, but still ask pointed questions and allow the interviewee to have their say. In fact, I think that makes for a better interview than a lot of these softball segments from friendly journalists who never challenge the interviewee, but just let them pontificate.
For us, as the audience, the real test is whether or not we were allowed to hear the question and the interviewee's response honestly and make up our own minds as to how to interpret. In this case, we had that. I consider that fair.
Great post Ice! Thanks for sharing.
Never seen such a one sided focus group pummel a cabal mod this badly.
My pleasure, fren. I’ve moderated dozens of focus groups and have never seen anything like this. There was ONE person who didn’t belong in that room…and it wasn’t any of the respondents on stage.
I actually thought she was fair
Journalists have a tough job, and sometimes, we recognize their bias, but unfairly criticize. It's rare, but it is possible for them to have their bias, ask the loaded questions, frame the debate the way they see it, but still ask pointed questions and allow the interviewee to have their say. In fact, I think that makes for a better interview than a lot of these softball segments from friendly journalists who never challenge the interviewee, but just let them pontificate.
For us, as the audience, the real test is whether or not we were allowed to hear the question and the interviewee's response honestly and make up our own minds as to how to interpret. In this case, we had that. I consider that fair.