Barbara Walters on the demands of lawyers and agents
Barbara Walters on one of the main reasons she stopped doing the TV newsmagazine 20/20 back in 2004:
…it seemed that every celebrity, every murderer…had a lawyer or a press agent all interviewing the interviewer to determine where they could get the most airings for their clients, what kind of questions would be asked, and how much promotion and advertising would be guaranteed. The interviewer had to audition to land the interview.
From her memoir Audition, p.561.
Posted: June 10th, 2008 under Barbara Walters, Getting an Interview, Interviewer Experiences, Media Interview Trends, Setting up Interviews.