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Do you think ABC provided the Biden interview questions to the White House in advance?

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The current White House has a history of calling on pre-selected reporters during press conferences and other outlets have a history of providing the White House with interview questions in advance. Could this also be the case with the ABC interview?
 

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The current White House has a history of calling on pre-selected reporters during press conferences and other outlets have a history of providing the White House with interview questions in advance. Could this also be the case with the ABC interview?
Why would a journalist the stature of George Stephanopoulos do something so unethical?
Did the White House know (in general) what the questions would be?
One should hope so.
 
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Why would a journalist the stature of George Stephanopoulos do something so unethical?
Did the White House know (in general) what the questions would be?
One should hope so.

The Los Angeles Times did it. You can see it here:


ESPN did it. And ESPN is owned by Disney. Disney also owns ABC News.

Former ESPN host Sage Steele claimed to Fox News on Wednesday that each of her questions in a 2021 primetime interview with President Joe Biden was written by network executives. “I was on script and was told not to deviate,” she told Fox News, adding that higher-ups ordered her to “say every word that we write out.”

 
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The Los Angeles Times did it. You can see it here:


ESPN did it. And ESPN is owned by Disney. Disney also owns ABC News.

Former ESPN host Sage Steele claimed to Fox News on Wednesday that each of her questions in a 2021 primetime interview with President Joe Biden was written by network executives. “I was on script and was told not to deviate,” she told Fox News, adding that higher-ups ordered her to “say every word that we write out.”

Who owns the media…ain’t it like 6 companies?
Don’t sound very Democratic to me!

(Instead of complaining about the media, let’s do something about the media, shall we!?)
 
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Most interviews are conducted that way and there's usually some negotiation on what's acceptable and off-limits. That's why they're able to respond and aren't stumbling for answers. This holds true in major media outlets and podcasts too.

~bella
 
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