> [Following in Clinton's footsteps. Hard to imagine Rumsfeld in this role...]
the infamous underwear question took place at a MTV forum, I believe.
Jacob Segal
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020205/en/television-powell_1.html
>
> Secretary of State Powell sets MTV chat
>
> By Pamela McClintock
>
> WASHINGTON (Variety) - MTV viewers and U.S. Secretary of State Colin
> Powell (news - web sites) will have an unusual heart-to-heart on
> Valentine's Day (news - web sites), when the music network will host a
> global town forum packing tough questions for the top diplomat.
>
> MTV channels in the U.S., India, the Middle East, Italy, U.K./Ireland,
> Brazil, Russia and elsewhere are hosting the 60-minute special ``Be
> Heard: An MTV Global Discussion With Colin Powell.''
>
> The show will be taped the morning of Feb. 14 before a studio audience
> in Washington, airing at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) that evening in the U.S. and at
> various times elsewhere around the world, MTV said Monday. Powell's
> hosts in Washington will be MTV News' John Norris and Gideon Yago.
>
> Questions will be posed by kids gathering at MTV locations around the
> globe, with MTV News correspondents and VJs guiding the Q&A with Powell
> via satellite. VJs in each territory are bilingual and will translate
> viewers' questions to Powell, who will field the questions from a
> Washington facility to be determined.
>
> MTV is hardly a natural venue for members of the Bush administration,
> but in Washington's new campaign to win the hearts and minds of the
> world, it's hard to resist the allure of the music cable network's
> impressive reach.
>
> MTV's forum was arranged independently of Hollywood's special wartime
> committee. But it nevertheless jibes nicely with a pledge by the
> entertainment/media biz to do what it can to open up a dialogue between
> the U.S. and other countries, particularly in the Middle East.
>
> Reuters/Variety REUTERS
>
>
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> / dave /