Carole Coleman is an Irish journalist. Originally from Carrick-on-Shannon, Co, Leitim, she was until recently the Washington correspondent for RTÉ. She is a journalism graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology. She is best known for a probing television interview of President George W. Bush just before his official visit to Ireland in the summer of 2004.

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  • Carole Coleman is an Irish journalist. Originally from Carrick-on-Shannon, Co, Leitim, she was until recently the Washington correspondent for RTÉ. She is a journalism graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology. She is best known for a probing television interview of President George W. Bush just before his official visit to Ireland in the summer of 2004. The interview, for which questions were approved by the White House press office, led to complaints by President Bush and his press officers for the "disrespectful" manner of Coleman, who interrupted the President several times, and the cancellation of Laura Bush interview for RTE. The White House complained to the Irish Embassy about the interview. An Irish government spokesman commented that "within Government, there was an acknowledgment that the interview lacked respect. " RTÉ, however, stated it "totally stands over the conduct of the interview and Carole's journalism. " Coleman stated that she resorted to interrupting the President because she was afraid his stock answers would eat up all time she had for interview: "It was a filibuster of sorts. If I didn’t challenge him, the interview would be a wasted opportunity". She also said she was surprised by the White House staff's reaction to the interview, but that she had no regrets: In October 2005, Coleman published Alleluia America!. The book begins with an account of her interview with Bush and its aftermath. It goes on to describe Coleman's travels through the parts of the United States which voted for Bush in the 2004 election and the people she met in those places. The Bush/Coleman interview has been studied using a Critical Discourse Analysis methodology.
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  • Carole Coleman is an Irish journalist. Originally from Carrick-on-Shannon, Co, Leitim, she was until recently the Washington correspondent for RTÉ. She is a journalism graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology. She is best known for a probing television interview of President George W. Bush just before his official visit to Ireland in the summer of 2004.
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  • Carole Coleman
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