Comments on: Rob Kampia of MPP on Glenn Beck

By: DFMALO

DFMALO — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:00:50 +0000

Rob Kamibia did a terrific job. Glenn Beck comes off sounding like a d bag as usual.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:23:38 +0000

Hey! I ain’t got none also.

By: weed_smoke

weed_smoke — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:10:25 +0000

if you watch fox or cnn there is a
delay in sound from the reporter to the interviewed
persona this dude kept talkin and Rob Kampia was trying to hear what he had to say that is the delay

By: Urb Age

Urb Age — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:03:57 +0000

Painful interview…..Glen Beck has never been a favorite and still isnt!!!!!

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:58:57 +0000

when I watched this vid again, It becomes more clear that timing is responsable for Robs slow answers. I assume that MSM generaly does some editing to clean up conversations for TV. In my original comment I ask if this might have been on purpose…I think maybe, GB and his “Buds” would forget to send this interview throught the edit booth, knowing that it would make Rob sound “slow”

By: weed_smoke

weed_smoke — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:49:49 +0000

the only reason this dude had not to legalize was its bad for you and it was shot down before he could think of a neither one so the reporter danced around the issue and repeated himself thats fox news

By: dnL

dnL — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:21:57 +0000

Why does Glenn Beck always come off as a dysfunctional asshat?

“See that the thing, Rob. Marijuana is, you know [inaudible grunts and noises]… you know what I’m saying?

Though he did succeed in making Rob Kampia look more reasonable, so I shouldn’t complain too much.

By: "Radical" Russ

"Radical" Russ — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:12:40 +0000

We face an interesting dilemma standing up for weed. I worked in radio, and my mentor told me that I had to be excited and energetic in my voice and that I could go more over the top than I would in regular conversation.

But he also said that TV was the opposite, that the slightest bit of ill-timed joke can come off as crazy (see: Tom Cruise, Oprah couch), sarcasm can come off as arrogance, strong disagreement can come off as anger, and so on.

So as a marijuana law reformer, you want to come off as credible and relaxed, but too relaxed gets you a stoner joke. Too credible comes off as humorless, but too much humor can wipe out credibility.

And then to have such a sophomoric softball as Glenn Beck mugging and eye-rolling on the other side, that’s hard not to rise to the bait and metaphorically slap that smug grin off his face.

Rob did a good job.

By: "Radical" Russ

"Radical" Russ — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:06:26 +0000

Hey, I lack a college degree!

By: ChrisfromTN

ChrisfromTN — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:02:31 +0000

This is actually sort of unheard of.

Fox was joined to Bush’s (and his drug war’s)hip, but this show sort of decoupled the two a little bit. A few months ago, this type of dialogue wouldn’t appear on Fox… not like this. Maybe its going to be Glenn Beck’s thing as the resident “libertarian” at Fox. I’m not sure how libertarian he is, but he did say some things that were fairly decent.

I’m gonna have to give Beck 2/5 stars for a surprisingly decent bit of exposure for the mj issue on Fox… deductions for acting kind of goofy at times and pretending his problems are everybody else’s. Some parts were negative, but it definitely could have been worse. I thought Rob did a really good job.

I hate on ALL the cable news shows, but as far as coverage on the right is concerned, this show sort of struck me as movement toward acknowledgement or acceptance rather than fortune telling and fearmongering.

Do you guys ever remember a better mj segment on Fox before this one? I’m actually sort of encouraged a little bit.