well, it's probably the friendliest interviewer choice . . . and pre-taping should help with editing the rough spots out Crucial Biden ABC interview — hosted by ex-Clinton official — moved up as prez desperately tries to prove he can stay in race https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/us-news/abc-moves-up-biden-interview-to-friday/ excerpt: ABC News has pushed forward the release of its crucial interview with President Biden as pressure mounts on the 81-year-old POTUS to prove that he can stay in the 20204 race following a catastrophic debate performance last week. Biden is set to speak to anchor George Stephanopoulos early Friday, with the Disney-owned network originally saying it planned to release the taped interview in dribs and drabs before showing the full thing on Sunday. Now, the entire pre-taped interview will air as a primetime special at 8 p.m. on Friday. A preview of the interview will be released earlier on “World News Tonight with David Muir,” with airs at 6:30 p.m. more at the link
James Joyner comments: I do find it a bit odd that Biden agreed to a high-stakes interview and agreed to let one network use it in this fashion. Why not insist on a live interview rather than having the juicy bits released during the evening news and then have the whole thing tape-delayed into prime time? That just screams “old man can’t stay up past his bedtime.”
looks like they've moved this thing back a half hour, I'm guessing so Biden won't be tempted to stay up late to watch it
ABC has published the full transcript of the interview: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc...-exclusive-interview-biden/story?id=111695695
