Barton Gellman Wash Post / Adam Moss NY Magazine

This show seems to me to be quintessential Charlie Rose.

A great guest, pretty good questions, all handled gracefully by the guests.

Barton Gellman (sexy as hell) of the Washington Post did a great job of responding to Charlie's questions gracefully, including one of Charlie's typical mistakes, his tell-me-your-top-five-questions-you'd-liked to have asked, followed up by a raised thumb to start the count-down.

No! Stop! Don't do that unless you're prepped the damn guests that you're going to ask them to name em.

Gellman handled all of the questions with grace and intelligence. I think I detected a slight wince , when Charlie volunteered, "That's what they called compassionate conservatism" but that could just be me.

Gellman gave a good description of the contradictory details as well as the multiple missed opportunities of the bungled war.

Gellman came across as enormously likable and affable. He seems to be a natural to be a Sunday talking head, extrapolating from the small to the larger issues.

Adam Moss, editor of NY Magazine, formerly NYT Magazine editor in chief, NYT, Seven Days et al
The fact that Charlie was shocked that real estate would (along with sex) be a top seller, seems somewhat shocking to me. What else would it be?

He also seems to be under the impression that the High Line development is complete. Which seems a little odd to me, since the last time I walked by, it was um, a construction site. He did say though he did say it's "very very special".

They're making money on the web yet the print version is what Moss describes as an "investment period". Hunh.