Ahmadinejad takes over print, airtime from O.J.

Last week it was O.J. Simpson grabbing heavy print space and broadcast time.  Today and tomorrow look for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad going wall-to-wall on cable news networks plus massive coverage on broadcast TV and print media.

Certainly there is much to debate when Ahmadinejad utters “down with the U.S.” almost on a daily basis.

Ahmadinejad has a New York schedule --- and media exposure --- comparable to a Hollywood celebrity touting a tell-all book, notes Grumpy Editor.  CBS’ 60 Minutes ran a three-day old Scott Pelley interview of Ahmadinejad last night.  Ahmadinejad spoke in Farsi in the garden outside his office in Tehran.

Today at noon (Eastern) from New York the Iranian president is spotlighted at a videoconference luncheon with the National Press Club in Washington where he will speak for a half hour then take 45 minutes of questions.

He also appears at Columbia University, New York, today.  The United Nations tomorrow hears his partisan performance.

But it’s the Columbia University appearance that has many New Yorkers upset.  Some point out the university bans the ROTC on campus but gives a platform for a terrorist to speak.

With AhmadinejadIn addressing the U.N., former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton declared: “You should treat this as an off-Broadway production,” with the general assembly as the theater audience for the Iranian president's performance.