You piqued my interest and I too checked out the Selleck interview.
I am 100% behind the gun control laws we have in the UK. I say this to emphasise that I am someone who does not consider there is a need for guns to be in the home or the hands of private citizens, and that I would actually agree it seems incomprehensible that automatic assault rifles should be considered a need or a right of private citizens to have in their homes.
However, her constant badgering, interrupting and aggressive physical invasion of Selleck's space, in contrast to his calm, patient attempts to articulate the broad range of issues the USA face in this difficult area (far more complex imo than here, where we have never enshrined the right to bear arms in any constitution, and have for many, many years had some form of control of private ownership of firearms) had me on Selleck's side, even though I suspect that like Andrew I would no be in full agreement with him.
I don't get her shows here, and have never gone out of my way to watch them when in the USA. Now I would go out of my way to avoid them. Rosie may well be bright, quick thinking and caring .. but I have to agree with Dave. Imo to be a good interviewer requires a broader skill set than standing on a soapbox to hammer your point! I saw none of this broader range.
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