Carole Coleman (born September 1966) is an

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journalist. Originally from

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, she is a former

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Correspondent for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Carole is a journalism graduate of the

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological U ...

(DIT) and is currently a presenter/reporter o
This Week
on RTÉ Radio One. Coleman is best known in the U.S. for a probing television interview of

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George W. Bush just before his official visit to Ireland in the summer of 2004. The interview, for which questions were approved by the

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press office, led to complaints by President Bush and his press officers for the "disrespectful" manner of Coleman, who interrupted the President several times, and the cancellation of a

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interview with RTÉ. The White House complained to the Irish Embassy about the interview. An Irish government spokesman commented that "within Government, there was an acknowledgment that the interview lacked respect." RTÉ, however, stated it "totally stands over the conduct of the interview and Carole's journalism." Coleman stated that she resorted to interrupting the President because she was afraid his stock answers would eat up all time she had for interview: "It was a

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of sorts. If I didn’t challenge him, the interview would be a wasted opportunity". She also said she was surprised by the White House staff's reaction to the interview, but that she had no regrets:

Books

In October 2005, Coleman publishe
''Alleluia America!'' ''An Irish Journalist in Bush Country''
(The Liffey Press). The book begins with an account of her interview with Bush and it
aftermath
It goes on to describe Coleman's travels through the parts of the United States which voted for Bush in the 2004 election and the people she met in those places. The Bush/Coleman interview has been studied using a Critical Discourse Analysis methodology.John Cullen ‘"They don't understand our country": Carole Coleman interviews President George W. Bush’ ''Uncertain Ireland: A Sociological Chronicle'', 2003-2004 (Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2006) ed.s Mary P.Corcorcan & Michel Peillon, 209-221. In 2009, Coleman published
The Battle for the White House ... and the Soul of America
' (The Liffey Press), an account of the 2008 US presidential election. In October 2021, Coleman self-published
News from Under a Coat Stand ... A Diary March-June 2020
' (Orla Kelly Publishing).

References

* Carole Coleman, ''Alleluia America! An Irish Journalist in Bush Country (2005)'', * Carole Coleman, ''The Battle for The White House...and the Soul of America (2009)'', * Carole Coleman, ''News from Under a Coat Stand (2021),''

External links

Video of Interview-RTÉ

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