An additional book jumped into my reading queue yesterday. I was cleaning off my desk and found Politicians, Partisans and Parasites by Tucker Carlson. My buddy had sent it to me a little bit ago but unfortunately I had covered it up with various and sundry items. As an aside to myself, putting things on the desk that you want to find later is not seemingly the smartest idea.
But anyways, I decided to read it yesterday. I finished last night. It was a quick read but it was interesting. If you don't know who Carlson is, he's currently one of the hosts of Crossfire on CNN. He also hosted a show called the Spin Room on CNN with Bill Press but that was cancelled after only a few months. I remember watching it a few times and found it to be a political show which didn't take itself too seriously which on CNN was definitely not the norm. Before television, Tucker wrote for the Weekly Standard and the now defunct Talk.
The book is basically just an overview of the people he has dealt over the last few years in television, both as a host and a pundit. Little bits of Carlson's personal politics makes its way into the book but mainly just the politics of the camera is discussed. I wish the book would have compared and contrasted more the differences between print and television. There are little comparisons but more would have been nice.
Overall though, I think the book is great for someone who wants to get some inner scoop on various political celebrities as well as anyone looking for a beginners look at the world of televised political discussion.
Posted by Josh at January 2, 2004 02:29 PM | TrackBack hard
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