Talking about Chinese currency on PBS tonight
I have joined the rotation of regular commentators on PBS's Nightly Business Report. Or maybe I should wait until they actually ask me back to say that. In any case, my commentary on China and its currency-manipulating ways (which I defend) is scheduled to air tonight. The show is on WNET in New York at 6:30, on KQED in San Francisco at 7:00 and, well, the rest of you can check your local listings.
I taped the thing last Thursday at the WNET studios near Penn Station. It was my first-ever experience of writing a script for TV and then reading it from a teleprompter, so I practiced for a while at home with a digital recorder to pare the thing down to exactly a minute. I did my first read-through in the studio with no stumbles, only to be told by one of the PBSers that, at a minute and two seconds, it was way too short. Turns out it was supposed to be a minute-and-a-half, not a minute. Oh well.
So I got up and started typing more words into the teleprompter. My first couple of attempts (mainly stuff like changing "U.S." to "United States") only got me to a minute fourteen. The far-better-prepared Chrystia Freeland of the FT was waiting in the hallway outside to tape her Thursday commentary and I was feeling guilty about keeping her waiting. So I went out in the hall, wrote another paragraph, added it to the teleprompter text when Chrystia was finished, then filled one minute and twenty-four seconds of videotape. They may use that version or they may, if the show is tight, use the short one. Neither will remind anyone of Andy Rooney. Although at current growth rates my eyebrows will, barring some aggressive grooming, be as bushy as his in a couple of decades.
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Justin, I know this is unrelated, but as an economics reporter, I thought I would ask you to jump in on the dueling posts between Klien and Armey regarding Healthcare in the US. At the very least you should let them know where they can find facts and figures to highlight their points rather than the political sound bites each loves to use. I mean for all their spouting about HSA's, clearly neither has looked at how one works and what it - if any - benefits it provides to certain segments of the market.
http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/06/this_isnt_true_either.html
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"Justin, I know this is unrelated, but as an economics reporter, I thought I would ask you to jump in on the dueling posts between Klien and Armey regarding Healthcare in the US."
sorry YMM, but I think Justin's time would be more productively spent taking photos of NYC food carts and posting them here than attempting to turn a debate on health care involving Dick Armey into an informed discussion.
That being said, it might be fun to watch Justin take on Armey with some incredibly wonky post full of the jargon of economic theory -- and see economics "Professor" Armey make a fool of himself in response.
And lets face it, it will drive people to Justin's blog...you KNOW deLong will chime in, Krugman might make an appearance, and while I won't have a clue what they are actually talking about, both are usually good for some snarky side comments that will make the whole exercise worthwhile...
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Your Dad and I thought you did a great job on the Nightly Business Report - they will surely want you back. And that's a lot better than taking on Klein and Armey.
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Justin,
Your commentary on Nightly Business of PBS is wouth of spreading around and let people know
the true nature of the issue. Why not posting
its content in printing words.
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