Pence Interview on ABC

[newscopter7 234]

I only caught the tail end of David Muir’s interview, but was taken back by the manipulative, melodramatic score playing under the interview. 

[nycnewsjunkie 1446]

1 hour ago, newscopter7 said:

I only caught the tail end of David Muir’s interview, but was taken back by the manipulative, melodramatic score playing under the interview. 

Yeah, almost all of that was completely unnecessary. Music has its place, but a good interview/news program doesn’t need an excessive amount of overly dramatic music to manipulate the audience. The way ABC went about this was so tabloid, it’s almost comical. You guys are interviewing the former Vice President for God’s sake; this ain’t a freakin soap opera.

 

For some reason, the meme about the British vs. American versions of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares comes to my mind. The British version can tell a compelling story without any background noise, while the American version can’t go 5 seconds without strings or a ride cymbal. Sometimes, silence is the best music.