It used to be that you could have fun with interviews with the foreign press, knowing that nothing you said would make it back to any voters until long after the election was over, if ever.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've interviewed the president in the White House. I'd interviewed major newsmakers and Hollywood actors.
There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
People say to me, 'You don't seem that interested in interviews.' Well, you know, I'm not, often. I'm not going to talk tactics with the press, so you are left with talking about how you are feeling; for me, it is not the most interesting thing to be doing.
You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
The Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci used to say that for her, an interview was like a war. I get the sense that we've forgotten that here in the United States. You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
I don't understand these politicians who want to be president and complain when they get a tough interview.
It might not be wise for a sometime political journalist to admit this, but the 2016 campaign doesn't seem like fun to me.
When the press began asking me for interviews, I freaked out. My instinct is to hide.
The thing I love about political interviews is, if you're really prepared, you can make great headway because these are the people for whom, theoretically at least, the buck stops.