After KOT Savagely Roasted Him for His Interview with Moses Kuria, Larry Madowo Gets Schooled By A KTN Host
There was a lot of noise on social media after NTV’s Larry Madowo announced that he would be sitting down for an interview with the resident provocateur, Moses Kuria .
KOT felt that it was not wise to host a ‘hate-monger’ on national TV. But Larry urged Moses to come in for the interview despite the interview’s frosty reception on social media.
The interview however did not go as planned as Larry seemed agitated and kept cutting off Moses Kuria and could not hide his distaste for the Gatundu M.P. The interview then escalated into a shouting match and not much information was gotten from the interviewee.
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KOT felt that Larry had gotten too big for his breeches and it didn’t take long for them to bite back.
They savagely attacked him, accusing him of being unprofessional and lacking objectivity. Some went to the extent of telling him to stick to interviewing socialites.
About a few hours ago, Tim Njiru of Ideal Space decided to school Larry on how to interview in an open letter.
Here is the letter:
Dear Larry Madowo,
I succumbed to peer pressure and watched that much talked about interview you had with Moses Kuria. Hmmm, the lighting was good, sound was perfect and no distortion at all. In fact I was waiting to see people walking past the camera like they do in most of your shows. I will assume that the technical team are getting great salaries. Well done.
I am not a TV interview expert though years of sitting In front of people of all ages and backgrounds has taught me one thing ….. a great interviewer listens… Listens harder, picks cues from the interviewee then uses those cues to bring the topic to a simmering point. A clever interviewee will know when to stop (assuming the noose is tight)
“Raarey” ….. Moses Kuria knew very well you weren’t tightening his noose. I mean the guy has studied your demeanor so many times on your Friday shows and knew who he was going to face. Moses unlike most of your guests is very intelligent and well spoken. You had an opportunity to intelligently bring this one out, but instead you antagonized the the man who we expected to say something small about the family he missed while in prison. That could have opened a can of worms (But hey, it’s none of my business)
Here’s what I would recommend…. Take some time off… Learn a few tricks and tips from your colleagues Mark Masai and Debarl Inea…. Read a few quotes from the greatest Larry King. Tune to BBC radio and realize that even Mathew Bannister uses simple English to bring the best from his interviewees.
And lastly, “Raaahrey” we all know that your character revolves around your Happy socks (and many more); quite frankly, I have no problem with that. But Please for Christ sake and for the entire fraternity, pull up those happy socks.
I say the above because you are and will be judged by your last story.
Warm regards
Tim Njiru
