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#21
10-16-2006, 10:03 PM
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Re: I\'m getting interviewed on TV - help me!
Might be worthwhile to mention that horseracing and lotteries are exempted by the bill. You can gamble all you want at youbet.com. That's the part that irritated me, anyway. If you want to ban gambling, then ban ALL gambling, not just the forms of gambling that didn't contribute to your campaign.
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#22
10-17-2006, 02:29 PM
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Re: I\'m getting interviewed on TV - help me!
Hey guys,
I wanna thank everyone who gave tips. The reporter was really nice, though he did ask me some of the negative questions many of you helped me anticipate. I thought I might be really nervous but I felt like my answers were very natural since I was talking about something I love. Some of the questions: -How many hours a week do you play? -Do you know anyone who has lost a lot of money playing online? -Why do you think so many college students like playing poker (and Texas hold em in particular)? -Does playing poker help you pay for college? -Do you think you'll want to do this for a living? -What website do you play on? -Don't you feel like you aren't contributing anything by playing poker? -How much have you made this year? They asked me how much I've made online this year, which made me cringe... but they insisted I answer, so I gave a ballpark figure (15-20K... something most of you laugh at, but it got a "wow" response from the reporter and cameraman). Andy Sheehan, the reporter, apparently also interviewed some Carnegie Mellon student who won 15K in a tournament recently, but I believe we were the only two he interviewed. After the interview, they filmed me walking down a sidewalk on campus with the reporter, and then filmed me walking by myself. The segment will be on CBS here in Pittsburgh the first week of November - there should be promos on before hand. I'm thinking I'll be on for a good minute or two, not just 15 seconds answering a question or two. I'll keep anyone from the Pittsburgh area posted on when it'll be on once we find out for sure. I'm hoping someone can find a way to get it on Youtube.
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#23
10-17-2006, 02:31 PM
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Re: I\'m getting interviewed on TV - help me!
[ QUOTE ]
Hey guys, I wanna thank everyone who gave tips. The reporter was really nice, though he did ask me some of the negative questions many of you helped me anticipate. I thought I might be really nervous but I felt like my answers were very natural since I was talking about something I love. Some of the questions: -How many hours a week do you play? -Do you know anyone who has lost a lot of money playing online? -Why do you think so many college students like playing poker (and Texas hold em in particular)? -Does playing poker help you pay for college? -Do you think you'll want to do this for a living? -What website do you play on? -Don't you feel like you aren't contributing anything by playing poker? -How much have you made this year? They asked me how much I've made online this year, which made me cringe... but they insisted I answer, so I gave a ballpark figure (15-20K... something most of you laugh at, but it got a "wow" response from the reporter and cameraman). Andy Sheehan, the reporter, apparently also interviewed some Carnegie Mellon student who won 15K in a tournament recently, but I believe we were the only two he interviewed. After the interview, they filmed me walking down a sidewalk on campus with the reporter, and then filmed me walking by myself. The segment will be on CBS here in Pittsburgh the first week of November - there should be promos on before hand. I'm thinking I'll be on for a good minute or two, not just 15 seconds answering a question or two. I'll keep anyone from the Pittsburgh area posted on when it'll be on once we find out for sure. I'm hoping someone can find a way to get it on Youtube. [/ QUOTE ] Thank you.
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#24
10-17-2006, 03:10 PM
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[ QUOTE ]
Hey guys, I wanna thank everyone who gave tips. The reporter was really nice, though he did ask me some of the negative questions many of you helped me anticipate. I thought I might be really nervous but I felt like my answers were very natural since I was talking about something I love. Some of the questions: -How many hours a week do you play? -Do you know anyone who has lost a lot of money playing online? -Why do you think so many college students like playing poker (and Texas hold em in particular)? -Does playing poker help you pay for college? -Do you think you'll want to do this for a living? -What website do you play on? -Don't you feel like you aren't contributing anything by playing poker? -How much have you made this year? They asked me how much I've made online this year, which made me cringe... but they insisted I answer, so I gave a ballpark figure (15-20K... something most of you laugh at, but it got a "wow" response from the reporter and cameraman). Andy Sheehan, the reporter, apparently also interviewed some Carnegie Mellon student who won 15K in a tournament recently, but I believe we were the only two he interviewed. After the interview, they filmed me walking down a sidewalk on campus with the reporter, and then filmed me walking by myself. The segment will be on CBS here in Pittsburgh the first week of November - there should be promos on before hand. I'm thinking I'll be on for a good minute or two, not just 15 seconds answering a question or two. I'll keep anyone from the Pittsburgh area posted on when it'll be on once we find out for sure. I'm hoping someone can find a way to get it on Youtube. [/ QUOTE ] LOL 15K. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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#25
10-17-2006, 03:39 PM
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LOL 15K. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] you dick haha.
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#26
10-17-2006, 04:27 PM
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[ QUOTE ] LOL 15K. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] you dick haha. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but how much did you lose ;-P
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#27
10-17-2006, 05:31 PM
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Yeah, but how much did you lose ;-P [/ QUOTE ] Sadly, that was the follow up question he asked to how much I won. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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#28
10-17-2006, 06:28 PM
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[ QUOTE ] Yeah, but how much did you lose ;-P [/ QUOTE ] Sadly, that was the follow up question he asked to how much I won. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] perfectly done wookie.
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#29
10-17-2006, 07:23 PM
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Good job dude. Just to be realistic, don't get your hopes up too much about how long you'll be on. I've given interviews that lasted quite a while to find that they pull one three second quote out of it or don't even include it at all.
The reporters are mostly going to edit for "story appeal" rather than trying to get at the heart of any issue. Which means that if they think a negative story will sell to the audience better they'll slant the coverage on purpose and take tid bits out of your interview to make you look like an ass. That's just TV news for you (which is pretty much why you shouldn't ever trust the TV news - local TV news being the worst about this). There's no effective defense for this, so just cross your fingers. And BTW, good job again!!
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