Rome Hartman on the “Friendly Outsider” at the Convention

Attitude and an accent — that’s what Rome Hartman says he wants to bring to convention coverage.

As EP of BBC World News America, the former CBS’ Evening News EP is covering his first convention as an employee of the Beeb.

TVNewser talked to Hartman this morning outside the BBC News workspace about media bias, the upcoming Republican Convention, Katie Couric and more:

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