Sharron Angle: The media should only ask questions I like and report things the way I want them to.
Hilarious. Even Fox News reporter Carl Cameron laughs at the idea. And the NRO’s headline about this exchange is telling:
Did She Just Say That Out Loud?
During yesterday’s Fox News Channel’s special elections show on primaries and midterms around the country, Sharron Angle had the following exchange with an incredulous Carl Cameron about her media strategy so far:
Angle: “We needed to have the press be our friend.”
Cameron: “Wait a minute. Hold on a second. To be your friend…?”
Angle: “Well, truly–”
Cameron: “That sounds naive.”
Angle: “Well, no. We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it to be reported.”
Cameron: [speechless, laughs]
Angle then goes on to repeat a statement she has made in the past, that she wants to be able to mention her website during interviews so she can ask viewers to donate money. Here’s the clip.
Rick Sanchez over at CNN also talks about this interview here. It’s a behind the scenes clip of the CNN newsroom as he’s putting his show together, so Rick also briefly talks about the Park51 project, but most of the footage here is his reaction to what Sharron Angle said: