Hal Boedecker On The Interviews

by kiwimom Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:17 pm

What did you think you got out of that interview?
I wanted to ask that of Dina Lohan, Lindsay’s mother, and and George
and Cindy Anthony, parents of Casey Anthony, after Friday’s
“Today.” Seen back to back, the two interviews were chilling.
The parents didn’t come off well in either chat, and if they were
trying to help their children, they failed miserably. The parents whined
a lot, which isn’t a wise public-relations approach these days.
Dina Lohan repeatedly complained that the judge had played “hardball”
by sending Lindsay to jail. (Dina Lohan is seen in this NBC photo by
Peter Kramer.) Matt Lauer said that ” a lot of people think Lindsay had
this coming … it was for her own good.”
Dina Lohan missed that idea as ”propaganda” that had been ”orchestrated.” Ah, the delusion.
Lauer wondered about the complaint that Dina and people closest to
Lindsay haven’t helped the young woman. Propaganda, Dina Lohan said.

Dina complained that Lindsay is under a microscope and coverage has
been magnified because of the Internet. She is like hundreds of other
people in that regard.
George and Cindy Anthony sent conflicting signals in two interviews: a
taped one with Kerry Sanders and a live one with Meredith Vieira.
Cindy Anthony told Sanders there was nothing linking Casey to Caylee’s murder. George acknolwedged he might be in denial.
“Can I see that Casey panicked? Maybe something happened,” Cindy told Sanders — a point that can’t help Casey’s defense.
Then Vieira talked to the Anthonys live in the show’s New York
studio. Cindy “wasn’t certain” of all the forensic evidence. “A lot of
stuff just doesn’t make sense to me,” Cindy said.
She didn’t know why she said what she said on a 911 call. George will stand behind Casey because he’s her father.
“I appreciate you coming out,” Vieira said the couple.
Well, that makes one person.
Could anyone tell these parents to stop doing interviews? Oh, no.
Their interviews are like guns, and once they open their mouths, they
start shooting themselves in the feet. And that’s not propaganda.http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/08/casey-anthony-and-lindsay-lohan-dont-let-your-parents-do-television-interviews.html