Patronizing Tone News Today

Again, like doctor in this affair, anita hill was a very professional respected woman. she was younger at the time, and she had worked with clarence thomas at two different federal agencies. but to see her, the patronizing tone, i was sitting through the hearings which actually were only three days. and at one point finally the republican senator started questioning her in a way that was very patronizing and saying that they believed that she believed what she was saying, but could she be fantas...

Said to people when ive been asked to speak on journalism, on panels or at a lectern, i say it was the single most troubling experience of my reporting career because it was so -- it was the only time that my personal feelings were so close to the surface there because i was so appalled by the way she was treated. again, like doctor in this affair, anita hill was a very professional respected woman. she was younger at the time, and she had worked with clarence thomas at two different federal age...

Professional respected woman. she was younger at the time, and she had worked with clarence thomas at two different federal agencies. but to see her, the patronizing tone, i was sitting through the hearings which actually were only three days. and at one point finally the republican senator started questioning her in a way that was very patronizing and saying that they believed that she believed what she was saying, but could she be fantasizing about it? and suddenly its like youre thinking, the...

Last night when he went on tv? >> reporter: he spoke in what many demonstrators consider to be a patronizing tone, rob. he said he would hand over some functions of the president. he did not specify what those functions would be, to his vice president and deputy, omar suleiman. for now, and this is where the demonstrators are really upset, president mubarak retains the title. he then, of course, keeps control of the political process here. >> all right. aaron katersky reporting live from cairo. ...