Ex-ESPN anchor says ‘every single question’ of her Biden interview was scripted

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Ex-ESPN anchor says ‘every single question’ of her Biden interview was scripted
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Steele left ESPN in 2023, after 16 years with the network, so that she could speak 'more freely.”

had been scripted “to the word” and that she was told not to deviate from her script at all during the segment.

The interview in question happened on March 31, 2021, approximately two months after the president began his term in the. In reflecting on her interview, Steele described it as “an interesting experience in its own right” because of how scripted it was. “To the word, like, every single question was scripted, gone over dozens of times by many executives, editors and executives,” Steele saidwith Fox News Digital. “Absolutely. I was on script and was told not to deviate. It was very much ‘This is what you will ask. This is how you will say it. No follow-ups, no follow-ups. Next.'”Steele added that her interview with Biden had gone up to “the fourth floor,” referring to where ESPN’s president and top executives worked and made decisions.

The former ESPN anchor also said she thought it was “heartbreaking” for the president from a humanitarian perspective, questioning why the people who care for Biden would allow him to “get to this point.” The comment comes after a report fromso that she could “exercise my first amendment rights more freely.

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