oprah about how leno was coming off as the bad guy because he was coming back after giving up the tonight show throne and squeezing conan out of his 11:35 time is isn t conan basically doing the same thing to tbs. george lopez had been on at that hour and he s agreed to go an hour later to make room for conan. it s a business. well, you know, they ve all made a very big point of saying that conan absolutely would not have quote/unquote lenoed another comedian. george lopez called him to say he thinks it was a great idea. everybody thinks it s a great requested. don t unique that s just spin? i think it could be pr spin, but i think what conan really gained from that whole situation that happened was real authenticity. and i think that he s brought that here. joe adlai said something that was very intelligent. he said that talent at the end of the day wants to go where it s loved and wanted. and, you know, jay leno said
a major chunk of washington journalism is filled in through the prism of the white house, which is why you see so many reporters standing right here on the north lawn. and a good bit of that coverage involves the man whose job it is to deal with the media. as anyone who s ever watched robert gibbs in the briefing room well knows that can get pretty contentious. didn t expect to have this package within a party about the public option? again, contrived almost entirely by you guys. with all due respect, and i sympathize with you trying to explain the vice president s comments, but that s not even remotely close to what he said. he was asked about if a member of his family said i understand what he said, and i m telling you what he meant to say. gibbs is the man who speaks for president obama. a longtime adviser which must come up with what his boss derives as the speeded up and media culture. i sat down with him right across the alley from the white house. robert gi