Or... How My Seven Year Old Son Got Into The New York Times
I never got around to posting this, but I think I have to now. DailyKos is my roots and it just doesn't seem right that this video clip has received 30K views today, with none of them (that I know about) coming from Big Orange.
Anyway, the background is that my kids had a snow day. Instead of skipping work, I brought them with me to the job. That day the job happened to be covering CPAC. When we arrived, CPAC's awesome (no - really!) comms director (his name is Ian) credentialed not just me, but the two cub reporters trailing me. The result was that my daughter Antigone, 9, and my son Aaron, 7, found themselves the youngest credited media of the event.
Antigone decided she prefers to remain out of the spotlight, so she chose to be a print reporter. Aaron couldn't wait to get in front of the camera.
The other thing you need to know is that much of my work has centered on the politics of climate change, so for a couple of years now, my kids have been exposed to all sorts of podcasts, television shows and movies, and discussions covering the topic. They have a solid grounding in what's at stake, who the good guys and bad guys are, and what makes someone good or bad.
So Aaron was well-prepared to do this: