return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 9 days ago2nd local radio host says they were given questions ahead of Biden interviewabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down150
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up88arrow-down2·9 days agoThat sounds like a pretty standard campaign move to me.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·edit-29 days agoAnd not just campaigns. People who are interviewed on TV commonly provide a list of questions to their host. I participated in a TV interview once, and was surprised to find that everyone got together beforehand to outline the interview, eg “OK first you can ask me about X, and I’ll answer Y so maybe you could follow up with Z, etc”
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·9 days agoThis isn’t a real interview, it’s a sales tour. Of course they’re going to do this.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoThis sort of thing happens even when nobody is selling a book or other product. It’s just easier for the host (who won’t need to prepare as much) and the guest (who won’t be caught off guard).
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up32·9 days agoI know, right? My first thought was, “Yeah, that’s how it works…”
That sounds like a pretty standard campaign move to me.
And not just campaigns. People who are interviewed on TV commonly provide a list of questions to their host.
I participated in a TV interview once, and was surprised to find that everyone got together beforehand to outline the interview, eg “OK first you can ask me about X, and I’ll answer Y so maybe you could follow up with Z, etc”
This isn’t a real interview, it’s a sales tour. Of course they’re going to do this.
This sort of thing happens even when nobody is selling a book or other product.
It’s just easier for the host (who won’t need to prepare as much) and the guest (who won’t be caught off guard).
I know, right? My first thought was, “Yeah, that’s how it works…”