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Trevor Parry-Giles’ Blog on Things Rhetorical & Political

Entries Tagged as 'Media Commentary'

Obama as “Flip-Flopper”

June 14th, 2009 · No Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I was a guest on Dan Rodricks Midday show on WYPR from Baltimore–the NPR affiliate. The subject was President Obama’s flip-flopping on several important issues, including withholding the release of prisoner abuse photographs, holding back on aggressively pursuing gay and lesbian rights, etc. It was an interesting discussion, that also [...]

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C-SPAN’s Washington Journal

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Last October, I appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal October 30, 2008, program to discuss then-Senator Obama’s half-hour “commercial” that was broadcast on October 29. I’ve discovered that the video is still available at C-SPAN. Here it is.

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Federal News Radio Appearance

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments

I was recently interviewed by Washington’s Federal New Radio (1500 AM) concerning the resignation of Justice David Souter from the U.S. Supreme Court. The interview was on the Daily Debrief show with Amy Morris and Chris Dorobek. You can listen to it here.
I suggested in this interview that the Souter resignation is a great opportunity [...]

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