As “senior political correspondent,” what does CNN’s Candy Crowley do?
What’s her niche? I asked her for a recent mediabistro.com interview, and she said:
“Politics sounds so boring, and I think people roll their eyes when you say ‘I cover politics.’ So what do I cover?”
Then she paused for a moment.
“It’s great people-watching,” she said. “And that’s the only way I can really describe it. Sometimes I’ll take the 20,000-foot view. Or look at how the ’08 people are reacting to the State of the Union. Or what’s at stake in a certain bill. I’m always looking at things with an eye to the next election.”
Here’s the full interview…
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