Charlie Rose

Irish  08/06/2008 07:58 PM Report

hey typical - speaking of geriatric, have you watched any tv since the 80s? The kiddies may not know the wawa reference.

aTypicalProgressive  08/06/2008 06:19 PM Report

Baba Wawa's professional career is one of the most notable in the media. However Baba Wawa as a person is a disingenuous cold conniving calculating witch.<br>

One of her motivations might have been curiosity but her avarice and need to humiliate famous people in public were also significant. She was instrumental in injecting the mainstream media with celebrity trash and gossip masqueraded as bona fide news. Then she says she isn't reporting celebrity news because it's overwhelming. The truth is she was figuratively whipped by a young bimbo named Paris Hilton.<br>

Now that she is a geriatric she says she is guilty? A truly empathetic person would have felt the guilt a long long time ago. She is alone because she doesn't have the capacity to love.<br>

I can't say this is one of Charlie's best interviews. He gave her the powder puff treatment, maybe out of professional courtesy. There are other aspects of Baba Wawa's life and career that should have been covered.<br>

Irish  08/03/2008 11:01 PM Report

...nice interview...best part was learning about the Jane Fonda interview Barbara did for Charlie while he was recovering. I saw it yesterday and loved it. The scond best thing was Charlie knowing what had happened on "The View" earlier in the day. For some reason that makes me chuckle..."elitist"? my aunt fanny. I hope we have these two Pros with us a long time to come.

David S.  08/03/2008 04:23 PM Report

The one life lesson that I've learned over the years is that the best way to judge a person's character is by sitting in on a conversation with her/his friends. Not only did I learn more about Barbara Walters The Person in this interview, but Charlie Rose The Person as well. Some of the contributors above dismissed it as a self-congratulations fest and some as a mutual admiration society meeting, but I saw it as a dinner conversation without the meal: tense at times, argumentative at times, and generally warm and affectionate in the way two friends can be when one of them is the host or hostess and the other is the guest. There are plenty of mudrakers on cable TV for the disatisfied contributors on this space to watch. I was very satisfied with what I saw here. Well done.

sock puppet  08/03/2008 02:08 PM Report

Steve E. - Interesting observations re Charlie's 'varying' interview styles. Which is no doubt true but inevitable and necessary to have each make sense. Different disciplines necessitate different styles, even intensities. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------If you think about it he has to traverse a delicate balance: too combative - no one will come; too pallid - no one will watch.

Steve E.  08/03/2008 08:25 AM Report

I was shocked to hear that Barbara Walters can't drive. I'm not a fan of women's lib, women being that independent and ridiculously athletic, especially when they have a cocky attitude, but for her not to at least be able to drive a car after 40 years as a world renowned journalist is astonishing. Obviously she's driven everywhere by a chauffer, but to not even attempt to drive herself after all these years shows what a ridiculously incurious person she is. Barbara comes across as always gracious and seems like a lovely lady, but I cannot believe she's never even attempted to drive a block in her life in no traffic. That to me shows an incredible lack of self esteem....And Keith Olberman can't drive either. What's up with him, as cocky as he is otherwise.

Steve E.  08/03/2008 07:57 AM Report

The interview with Barbara Walters went nowhere, a total bore. All she talked about was her personal life with ridiculously boring anecdotes about her sister and ex-husbands. Charlie, who tends to conduct dull interviews with public figures really asked boring questions of Barbara. With all the thousands of interviews she's done all over the world, couldn't he have asked about unusual experiences she's had during those interviews. Nothing about that. Another crashing bore of a Charlie Rose interview. Charlie is at his best when he interviews industry movers and shakers and tech guys like Walt Mossberg. He should stay away from celebrities because he lets his friendship with the person he's interviewing take over and it becomes talking shop in his living room with an old friend.

Jason Yan   08/02/2008 05:16 PM Report

dose anyone know where or how can i get a hold of her old interviews..?

RE Mant  08/02/2008 12:34 AM Report

It has been reliably reported that Carla has chucked her high heels. But seriously, despite what has been said about it, I think women are always more interested in winning than men, and if any men are, they usually are found to have domineering mothers; if women aren't, then they have been more heavily influenced by their fathers.

JK  08/01/2008 05:21 PM Report

Why so angry Ned? Just because your successful and proud of your accomplishments, doesn't make you a ''dinner party elitist''. So being resentful makes you look like a jerk. And I just hope that evolution doesn't ignore people like yourself.

Preston  08/01/2008 04:50 PM Report

Wong wiv Bah-Bah Wah-Wah!

Gwate coo-swader, she is.

Ned  08/01/2008 04:44 PM Report

Oh Lord! What a vanity fair we've got going here. What's with all the self-congratulation of both of these people?

Look I respect the accomplishments, but the vanity and pride have to go because they spoil things. After all these experiences you should both be far better human beings rather than being the dinner party elitists with empty personal lives that you both are.

Evolution is letting go of the vanity of the past - grow up you old bags!

sock puppet  08/01/2008 12:28 PM Report

Oscar - You started off pretty good. It helps me to substitute - say - "commercial superficiality,"(?) for 'American arrogance.' The latter is a problem, I agree, but not with Barbara. In fact her world leader interviews may have helped blunt such perceptions around the globe. It appears you got side-tracked perhaps?

Foolsabound  08/01/2008 04:28 AM Report

@ Oscar Otero- Oscar, what are you talking about? what has arrogance to do with this interview? Furthermore, have you tired yet of European arrogance? How about of Chinese arrogance? Get real, you moron.

Oscar Otero  08/01/2008 02:07 AM Report

Some high profile success stories go hand in hand with behind the scenes personal costs. This person has sacrificed much that the average American viewer never sees. The world is tired of American arrogance and longs for the subtle, respectful and dignified approach that makes things happen in human events.

sock puppet  08/01/2008 01:31 AM Report

Her humanity and humanness conflated to make a profound package. She's loaded with GRIT to have pulled-off all she has done. Begin and Sadat together by itself was landmark enough to claim professional acclaim/success and head for the beach.----------------------------------------------------------------- Too bad that she may not be as happy as could be. But maybe that cost has to be paid forward so to speak. Elstwise, it would be a different "audition," - a different life, eh? (Overlook the feeble philosophy.) Life aint for wimps. She's proof.

missing day time  07/31/2008 10:04 PM Report

Here is a woman who has taken a big bite out of life and is still going strong. Impressive.

Look forward to the interview.