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I know how interviews work. I’ve been on many for jobs and they’re never the same scripted questions. Sure, some sameish ones pop up but I’m also never giving them in advance or been given them in advance.
A presidential media interview IS a fucking job interview. A very public one and @Sunforged@lemmy.ml and @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org aren’t wrong. The mold should broken at some point. Continuing the tradition just because “that’s how they’ve traditionally worked” is a bullshit excuse. I want to know how they can handle a question about their potential job on the fly because they sure as hell have to respond to it on the fly when shit actually happens.
Good luck trying to break the mold when you only have 24 hours in a day and more than 1 interview a day, plus other responsibilities.
You got solutions? Because I'm all ears.
Limit the question(s) and/or only one specific channel that is publicly accessible to all citizens OTA would be a start - PBS maybe. Allow for repeat viewings throughout the week so everyone has a chance to catch it. The major news networks will pick up what they want anyway for sound bytes regardless of multiple or a singular interview.
Repeat at intervals as needed with different questions from a left, right, and moderate perspective. Have an independent panel choose the questions for the interviewer to ask from a pool of questions that are known to be big/hot topics the public cares about.
There’s no need for a circuit. Let the president give their answers officially there and run the country/campaign where they need to.