return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months 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-up89arrow-down2·4 months agoThat sounds like a pretty standard campaign move to me.
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up33·4 months agoI know, right? My first thought was, “Yeah, that’s how it works…”
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·edit-24 months 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-up12arrow-down1·4 months agoThis isn’t a real interview, it’s a sales tour. Of course they’re going to do this.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months 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).
That sounds like a pretty standard campaign move to me.
I know, right? My first thought was, “Yeah, that’s how it works…”
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).