Take an open mic. Put it next to the refreshingly outspoken Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who forgets that it’s on. And what do you get?
The perfect video moment as Rendell opens his mouth wide and firmly sticks his foot in it. But is it just a collection of words he’d never say if he was on the record? Or do his words — and attitude — raise more fundamental issues? CNN’s also refreshingly outspoken Campbell Brown shows us the You Tube moment — and details the issues:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.