Wallace shows everyone how not to do journalism

This evening, I watched Mr. Wallace interview Mr. Ahmadinejad (President of Iran) on 60 Minutes.

It was one of the most unprofessional and disrespectful example of American journalism I have seen in quite awhile.

Wallace was feeding words and ideas to Ahmadinejad, like saying things like "you despise fill-in-the-blank" and other leading comments, instead of asking "What do you think of fill-in-the-blank". I am not a journalist, and even I could figure out that much. Wallace also badgered Ahmadinejad with statements like "why don't you just answer yes or no?" Now, can you imagine someone saying something so disrespectful to leaders of other countries? No, I cannot imagine that either. Wallace said that Iran is supplying IEDs to Iraq as though it is an established fact, and I have been following the news on Iraq closely, and it most certainly has been alleged by the Bush administration - but it is not an established fact. It appears Wallace learned nothing from all the nonsense the Bush administration said about Iraq's WMDs. Most certainly, he has not learned to investigate what the Bush administration claims.

Wallace also was disrespectful when Ahmadinejad wanted to leave. Wallace claimed that nothing could be "more important than this" when he wanted to leave the interview. I would like to see Wallace try that one on Mr. Bush. (And Mr. Wallace: there are A LOT of things more important than you!)

This whole "interview" was a terrible example of journalism and a great example of how to act like an ugly American.