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Shut up or speak out at Oscars?

The LA Times

THE U.S. presidency has been called a bully pulpit, but it doesn't come close to the winner's circle at any year's Oscars. An address from the Oval Office usually scores ratings in the single digits. But an Oscar telecast is seen by tens of millions of people around the world in mansions and in yurts.

And while even the average CNN junkie can't tell you who the Senate majority leader is, by next Monday morning people in Turkmenistan will know this year's best actor and who wore the glitziest gown on the red carpet.

Posted by Editor at February 23, 2008 04:00 PM

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