Sawyer's Interview with Ahmadinejad

Diane Sawyer interviews Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Full Story »

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Topics: Iran, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Feb 12, 2007 - 8:59 AM PST
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by Dale Penn - Feb. 12, 2007

I must admit I expected Ahmadinejad to come off more sinister and crazy. His position certainly doesn't line up with all that we've been told about him or Iran, but at this point, who do we believe? Kudos to Diane Sawyer and ABC News for this interview!

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by Kaizar Campwala - Feb. 12, 2007

A hugely important interview. She does ask some hard questions of Ahmedinejad. He dances around them, but in doing so, comes off as avoiding answering her questions.

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by Bob McInnis - Feb. 12, 2007

This isn't an interview. Sawyer doesn't challenge President Ahmadinejad but rather lets him to return to his key messages. The five questions she asked in the less than 9 minutes only acted as a forum for Ahmadinejad's rhetoric.

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by Antonia Shouse - Feb. 14, 2007

Sawyer was rude and aggressive, she did not wish to hear Ahmadinejad, she wished to tell her viewers what is what and which is witch. Ahmadinejad on the other hand spoke well, the problem is after all the furious propaganda against him can people hear what he is saying?

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by William Ringer - Feb. 15, 2007

What a lost opportunity. Sawyer did a terrible job of interviewing. We see a lot of this in-your-face journalistic style these days. Where was the normal courtesy when you meet the head of a state? She did not even greet him or thank him for the opportunity. Bang! Staight to the hard question - no skill in drawing him out to reveal his thinking. He defended himself by wriggling - anyone would. Where was the skill in pinning him on evasive answers? There was none. This journalist ... More »

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by Jeffrey Goldberg - Feb. 13, 2007
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