Comments for Guest Commentary http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org Reactions to the Diplomats' CNN-YouTube Questions Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 Comment on Dave Steinberg on Democracy Promotion Question by Whitney http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/dave-steinberg-on-democracy-promotion-question/#comment-5 Whitney Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:57:52 +0000 http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/dave-steinberg-on-democracy-promotion-question/#comment-5 Mr. Steinberg, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for taking the time to view the movie question we made. Your comments are very informative and direct to the point. From your comments we now have better understanding on ways to ask and present a question more effectively. Though I was wondering in what was could we have worded the question as to not get an auto-response answer? Again thank you for taking the time to review the movie and for giving useful insight in ways that the movie was powerful and where it was lacking. Mr. Steinberg,
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for taking the time to view the movie question we made. Your comments are very informative and direct to the point. From your comments we now have better understanding on ways to ask and present a question more effectively. Though I was wondering in what was could we have worded the question as to not get an auto-response answer?
Again thank you for taking the time to review the movie and for giving useful insight in ways that the movie was powerful and where it was lacking.

]]> Comment on Stefan Bauschard on Iraq Question by stefania http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/stefan-bauschard-on-iraq-question/#comment-4 stefania Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:49:37 +0000 http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/stefan-bauschard-on-iraq-question/#comment-4 Hello Mr Bauschard, I want first to thank you for the time you spent reading and making comments about our video. We really apprecieted your advice and suggestions. I just want to ask you: how do you think we could have improved our question or if we could have proposed it in a different way? thank you Hello Mr Bauschard,
I want first to thank you for the time you spent reading and making comments about our video. We really apprecieted your advice and suggestions.
I just want to ask you:
how do you think we could have improved our question or if we could have proposed it in a different way?
thank you

]]> Comment on Matthew Hale on HIV-AIDS in Africa Question by Mojca http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/matthew-hale-on-hiv-aids-in-africa-question/#comment-3 Mojca Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:30:23 +0000 http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/matthew-hale-on-hiv-aids-in-africa-question/#comment-3 First I would like to thank you for the time you took to look at our question and commenting on it. It has been quite hard to express all that we wanted to say in only 30 seconds video and some issues had to be left out. However, your commentary has been very helpful regarding the content of the video. We would also like to thank you for the new information that you provided and which will be very helpful in our further investigations. We are very pleased that you (as an expert in this issue) consider our question as a good one and we all hope that the producers at the CNN will find it interesting enough to choose it for the Republican debate. One issue we wanted to look at is the relationship between poverty and the spread of AIDS. Any ideas from you will be very helpful. In the meantime, Thanks very much for your comments and help. First I would like to thank you for the time you took to look at our question and commenting on it. It has been quite hard to express all that we wanted to say in only 30 seconds video and some issues had to be left out. However, your commentary has been very helpful regarding the content of the video. We would also like to thank you for the new information that you provided and which will be very helpful in our further investigations. We are very pleased that you (as an expert in this issue) consider our question as a good one and we all hope that the producers at the CNN will find it interesting enough to choose it for the Republican debate.
One issue we wanted to look at is the relationship between poverty and the spread of AIDS. Any ideas from you will be very helpful. In the meantime, Thanks very much for your comments and help.

]]> Comment on Matthew Hale on HIV-AIDS in Africa Question by Heather Iggy http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/matthew-hale-on-hiv-aids-in-africa-question/#comment-2 Heather Iggy Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:36:35 +0000 http://guestcommentary.blogs.bftf.org/2007/07/29/matthew-hale-on-hiv-aids-in-africa-question/#comment-2 Mr. Hale I appreciate you taking time out of your day to look over my work and I would now like to take the time to thank you for your efforts! Concerning your comments made about our video: 1: Our original question praised President Bush’s efforts in PEPFAR and we included that his efforts were of the highest out of every other leader in the world, but as before we had the 30 second time constraint so we had to cut all of that out. 2: Thank you for the suggestion to link our question to the abortion question!! I think that that will definitely up our chances of getting picked! As I said before I really appreciate your time and thank you for all your wonderful suggestions! We appreciate every one of them and we will do our best to remember them in the future. One last question though: What do you think that we should try to do to get more AIDS coverage in American media? It is a very important issue and we would like an experts point of view in what to do. THANK YOU Mr. Hale
I appreciate you taking time out of your day to look over my work and I would now like to take the time to thank you for your efforts!
Concerning your comments made about our video:

1: Our original question praised President Bush’s efforts in PEPFAR and we included that his efforts were of the highest out of every other leader in the world, but as before we had the 30 second time constraint so we had to cut all of that out.
2: Thank you for the suggestion to link our question to the abortion question!! I think that that will definitely up our chances of getting picked!

As I said before I really appreciate your time and thank you for all your wonderful suggestions! We appreciate every one of them and we will do our best to remember them in the future.

One last question though:
What do you think that we should try to do to get more AIDS coverage in American media? It is a very important issue and we would like an experts point of view in what to do. THANK YOU

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