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Twitterview with Roland Burton Hedley Jr.

November 06, 2009 2:53 PM

Earlier today, I had a chance to conduct a twitter interview with Fox News Channel’s Roland Burton Hedley, Jr., who has a new book out – a collection of his best tweets from 2009. (You may know Hedley best from his appearances in Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury, of course.)

@jaketapper:  welcome to my twitterview w/Roland Hedley, colleague from a sister news org, touring for his book collection of tweets...

@jaketapper:  ...the book is titled "My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?" Rollie, where are we finding u on your tour today?

@Roland_Hedley: I'm at a Borders in either Dayton or Cleveland. Hold on, I'll ask. Dayton.

@Roland_Hedley: In stockroom, signing as many books as possible so store can't return. (Author trade secret -- entre nous!)

@jaketapper:  What’s been the reax out there to your book? The reax of your boss Roger Ailes? How come @GlennBeck hasn’t mentioned it?

@Roland_Hedley Book flying off shelves, landing in readers' hearts. Ailes throwing me book party in break room today. Beck pig.

@jaketapper:  Anyone out there talking about the @WhiteHouse v Fox brouhaha? Whats the skinny from real America?

@Roland_Hedley: People in real America snicker when quizzed, say WH-Fox story so two weeks ago. Felt like an ass asking. Thanks, man!

@jaketapper:  What from your collected tweets in your book are people responding to? What's your favorite?

@Roland_Hedley: Tough question. My tweets are like my children; hard to choose one because I don't like any of them. Admit I'm perfectionist.

@jaketapper:  what do you make of the election results tuesday? Did you vote? If so - for whom?

@Roland_Hedley: Can't reveal who, but got up early to vote. Turned out no election in Maryland, but could feel anger at WH in air. Palpable.

@jaketapper:  Some of your colleagues here in the WH press corps say this tweet book is just another way for you to avoid work. Thoughts?

@Roland_Hedley: Do "colleagues" have names? In Kabul, am known as Da spi zo, Pashto for "god who never rests". In yr face, faceless colleagues.

@jaketapper:  me, helen, chuck, chip, savannah, zeleny. The president is talking hc and jobs #s and you're in ohio talkin tweets? Cmon

@Roland_Hedley: Helen gets pass b/c we once had thing, Savannah new Helen. But Chuck 'n Chip sounds like ice cream, Zeleny cholesterol drug.

@jaketapper:  BTW, your colleague @MajoratWH says you left unusual non-work related battery operated device next to his bottle of scotch.

@Roland_Hedley: It's SOLAR-POWERED, numbnuts. Excuse me for being green. Everyone cute today. Chas Rose cut me off after 140-char interview.

@jaketapper:  neither Barbara nor Hasselback appreciated the photos you included in your pitch note to have The View hype the book. Grim.

@Roland_Hedley: Those photos were embargoed! You sick bastard. What's wrong with you? Twinterview's over.

@jaketapper:  You're walking off like the Alien goddess in V threated to do? Cmon, Rollie. Any grooming hints for your fans?

@jaketapper:  Rollie?  Rollie? Hmmmph.

-jpt and gwb



 

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wow real news here. what a shame. get back to real news. for a while there you had some good stuff, including some great mp3 available downloads with longer with more in-depth content. so how about no more and instead of using twitter have REAL interviews and post them on mp3 if abc won't allow you real content? more depth and less .

Posted by: Ed | Nov 7, 2009 12:08:32 AM

Enjoyed this today, Jake. Much needed in spite of the heavy news day.

Posted by: james | Nov 6, 2009 11:44:52 PM

Yawn.

Posted by: art | Nov 6, 2009 9:19:05 PM

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