{"id":18,"date":"2008-06-09T22:43:11","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T22:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/churchbasementroadshow\/2008\/06\/last-minute-planning.html"},"modified":"2008-06-09T22:43:11","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T22:43:11","slug":"last-minute-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/churchbasementroadshow\/2008\/06\/last-minute-planning.html","title":{"rendered":"Last Minute Planning with Scott McClellan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m busy returning emails and neck-deep in last-minute planning for the Roadshow, and, in the background, I&#8217;m watching Scott McClellan perform his umpteenth interview about his book, <em>What Happened<\/em>.  And I wondered, what has happened to him in the gauntlet of media that he&#8217;s done in the past couple weeks?  I wonder what he&#8217;s learned about being interviewed.  I mean, I&#8217;ve seen some political figures get coverage, but nothing like McClellan&#8217;s gotten.  I hope his publicist gets a bonus.<br \/>\nKeith Olberman, who was interviewing him tonight, tossed him softballs. But<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crooksandliars.com\/2008\/06\/03\/jon-stewart-to-scott-mcclellan-you-talked-about-fight-club\/\"> Jon Stewart didn&#8217;t.<\/a>  As usual, Jon Stewart &#8212; you know, the comic &#8212; did the job that journalists should have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m busy returning emails and neck-deep in last-minute planning for the Roadshow, and, in the background, I&#8217;m watching Scott McClellan perform his umpteenth interview about his book, What Happened. And I wondered, what has happened to him in the gauntlet of media that he&#8217;s done in the past couple weeks? 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