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Why no one should be surprised that Jay Leno asked President Obama "real" questions
[Washington Post] The overwhelming sentiment coming out of President Obama's interview with "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno can be summed up like this: "Wow, Jay really asked serious questions."Russia, Edward Snowden and the NSA were part of the conversation. So too was the increased terror alert. And Hillary Clinton's presidential prospects. There was relatively little "Hey how are the wife and kids" chatter that many people expected. (Leno did ask Obama how he spent his birthday; it wasn't a totally dry interview.) No one who has watched the transformation of media -- and how politicians have learned to take advantage of those changes -- should be surprised, however. Here's the reality: As the definition of who is a journalist has continued to expand, the line between "serious" and "fun" has blurred. There are examples of this phenomenon everywhere: the success of BuzzFeed and the rise of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" as a primary news source for many people being the two most obvious. Posted by: Fred 2013-08-08 |
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