Brilliance in Broadcasting

CNN has outdone itself this week, courtesy of the insightful genius of Octavia Nasser. On a leading Saudi cleric, she said 'that's the Big Kahuna, if you will'.

This was followed not long after by an interview about the financial crisis in the US, in which the question, 'And if there were two questions you could ask - who's next?' stole the limelight. I suppose with professionalism like this, they have every reason to turn more to 'i-reporters' for news.

CNN was probably outdone, however, by the sportsline.com.au AFL podcast.
The description of St Kilda's Sam Fisher-just named as an all-Australian nominee-along the lines of "I think he has really become probably one of the most underrated defenders out there", was promptly followed by the exchange about the same player:
"He deserved it."
"Yeah... thoroughly deserved."

There was little space between that thought-provoking exchange and:
"I don't think Goddard can run with Hodge."
"You never know, I think Goddard's a better marker than him so he can take a couple."

And then there was this:
"I don't think he's gonna play... I wouldn't play him anyway."
So... given you don't have any influence over whether he will play, how do these match?

And this gem:
"He's that extra player, the forgotten player almost, uhm, after you got your Mitchells and all your other players."
Thanks, mate. That clears things up a bit.