I think that Kirk should know better than to have handled it this way. That was a room full of reporters, microphones and cameras. If you want to talk to someone about it, if you still have an issue with it, ask them to talk about it behind closed doors. That way, it doesn't become a spectacle like it did. Kirk is a smart guy and this is one of the few times I can recall where he let his guard down.
I know he was prepared for the Peter Gray question, so it's not like that part of it is what bugged him..it was the 'its out there' aspect to it.
Were it me, I wouldnt have aired or shared the video. If that happened in an interview setting, I would have shared it. Since it didn't, I wouldn't have. Maybe I am just a bit old school and think about fairness, but some could make a case for the other side of it.
The way that this was presented, having Chris give his opinions on the matter, that is the part that made me most uncomfortable, because just 48 hours prior, they had him doing this skit on Soundoff (shared below)....then two days later, he is sent over to Iowa City as a news reporter. It just seems a bit at odds with itself.
Chis is enormously talented. I have always felt that way. I think he could do character skits on an SNL...but to have him be the funny man on Sunday nights, then toss to him in the A block on a news story like this for his commentary, I am waiting for him to break out into character. That's not a good position to be in from a local news aspect, and quite frankly I don't blame Chris. He's lower man on the totem pole over there and does what he is assigned to do.
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