{"id":550903,"date":"2023-02-12T01:30:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T22:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/inside-the-failed-negotiations-for-bidens-super-bowl-interview-on-fox\/"},"modified":"2023-02-12T01:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T22:30:39","slug":"inside-the-failed-negotiations-for-bidens-super-bowl-interview-on-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-the-failed-negotiations-for-bidens-super-bowl-interview-on-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"#Inside the failed negotiations for Biden\u2019s Super Bowl interview on Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a387513c23d9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a387513c23d9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-the-failed-negotiations-for-bidens-super-bowl-interview-on-fox\/#Inside_the_failed_negotiations_for_Bidens_Super_Bowl_interview_on_Fox\" >Inside the failed negotiations for Biden\u2019s Super Bowl interview on Fox<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inside_the_failed_negotiations_for_Bidens_Super_Bowl_interview_on_Fox\"><\/span>Inside the failed negotiations for Biden\u2019s Super Bowl interview on Fox<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to break the recent tradition of sitting for an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> network broadcasting the Super Bowl came after a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of discussions between Fox and White House officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Fox proposed having one of its news anchors, such as Bret Baier or Shannon Bream, conduct the interview, said a person familiar with the matter, but the president\u2019s team rejected those choices, and decided about 72 hours before kickoff that Biden would do the interview with the network\u2019s little-known streaming channel Fox Soul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The back and forth spilled into the public view Friday morning when White House press secretary <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1624089585549467648\">Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted<\/a> that Fox Corp. had canceled the Fox Soul interview. Several hours later, Fox Corp. released a statement saying there had been \u201cconfusion\u201d with the White House, and that the interview with Fox Soul was back on track with actress Vivica A. Fox, the host of Fox Soul\u2019s \u201cCocktails with Queens\u201d and \u201cFox Soul\u2019s Screening Room\u201d as well as Mike Hill, a Fox Soul personality and contributor and Fox Sports sportscaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The White House saw things differently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAs we said earlier, we had arranged an interview with FOX Sports Host Mike Hill &amp; Vivica A. Fox with the President ahead of the Super Bowl and Fox Corp had the interview cancelled,\u201d a White House official said in a statement to NBC News later Friday. \u201cFOX has since put out a statement indicating the interview was rescheduled, which is inaccurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The disagreement over an interview that typically lasts about 10 minutes and airs as millions of Americans tune in for what\u2019s often the most-watched television event of the year suggests simmering tensions between the Biden White House and Fox may be reaching new heights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Biden has done interviews with multiple television networks that cover the White House \u2014 ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and, just this week, PBS \u2014 but not Fox News. He previously sat for Super Bowl interviews with news anchors for CBS and NBC when the networks hosted the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> in 2021 and 2022, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This year, he would have been interviewed on Fox Soul before the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs face off by Hill and Vivica Fox, who was a surrogate during Biden\u2019s 2020 presidential campaign and continues to express support for him, including in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsVivicaFox\/status\/1623181704633651200%5d\">a tweet<\/a> this week after his State of the Union address.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A Fox Corp. spokesperson said Hill and Vivica Fox, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager of Fox Soul, James DuBose, flew to Washington on Friday from Los Angeles to conduct the interview. DuBose was to produce the interview, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After the president\u2019s team complained that the interview had been canceled Friday, the White House official said that the network would have shared the interview across its platforms.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"videoPlayer styles_videoPlayer__hWpgx styles_adNotPlaying__yQRQY styles_alignDesktopBottom__p456K styles_alignMobileBottom__vA8hP\">\n<div class=\"videoSlate\"><picture class=\"\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-860x484,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2023_02\/1676060609872_now_daily_a_superbowl_quarterbacks_230210_1920x1080-kvi7dg.jpg\"><\/source><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-1000x563,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2023_02\/1676060609872_now_daily_a_superbowl_quarterbacks_230210_1920x1080-kvi7dg.jpg\"><\/source><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2023_02\/1676060609872_now_daily_a_superbowl_quarterbacks_230210_1920x1080-kvi7dg.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"\">Fox News anchors in recent days had discussed on-air that the White House had not confirmed a Super Bowl interview with Biden, with Baier noting during the network\u2019s State of the Union coverage on Tuesday, \u201cWe are running out of days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Chris Kofinis, a Democratic strategist, said Biden\u2019s decision to shun an interview with a Fox News anchor could be a missed opportunity and advised against shrinking from a chance to reach millions of viewers because of a network\u2019s political leanings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAny time you get to speak to that many millions of Americans, it\u2019s an enormous positive,\u201d he added. \u201cYou gotta do it, no matter who is asking the questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Super Bowl pregame show where Biden\u2019s interview would air often draws much lower viewers than the game itself. In 2020, Fox\u2019s pregame averaged <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nflcommunications.com\/Pages\/SUPER-BOWL-LIV-ON-FOX-DRAWS-VIEWERSHIP-OF-MORE-THAN-102-MILLION-ACROSS-TELEVISION-AND-DIGITAL-PLATFORMS.aspx\">21.6 million viewers<\/a>, while 148 million watched all or parts of the game. By comparison, an estimated 27.3 million people tuned in to the president\u2019s televised State of the Union address this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The White House\u2019s decision to buck Fox News and agree to an interview with Fox Soul \u2014 however fleeting \u2014 did earn Biden some praise, however, with NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> analyst Eric Deggans\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deggans\/status\/1624148020227936257\">tweeting<\/a>, \u201cMasterful move by Biden, arranging a Super Bowl interview w\/Black-focused Fox Soul, sidestepping Fox News Channel\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Fox Soul, which began streaming in 2020, describes itself as focused on \u201cBlack News, Inspiration, Celebrity, Social Justice &amp; more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The potential interview was also the subject of a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheView\/status\/1624085593486503940\">spirited debate<\/a>\u00a0Friday morning on the ABC talk show \u201cThe View.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">One of the hosts, Sunny Hostin, said Biden shouldn\u2019t \u201cnormalize the misinformation network,\u201d while another co-host, Alyssa Farah, disagreed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI think the biggest thing wrong with our politics right now is people exist in their echo chambers,\u201d said Farah, who worked in the Trump White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Biden wouldn\u2019t be the first president in recent years to forgo a Super Bowl interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Former President Donald Trump did not do an interview when NBC broadcast the game in 2018. That was the only time a president skipped a Super Bowl interview since former President Barack Obama did his first one in 2009. During his eight years in office, Obama gave gameday interviews with three networks and six news anchors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Obama\u2019s predecessor, former President George W. Bush, participated as well but he didn\u2019t make it an annual event. Bush was interviewed live from the Rose Garden in 2004 by CBS sports commentator Jim Nantz, with football being the main topic of discussion. In his remarks, Bush called on professional sports to \u201cget very tough on players who use steroids\u201d because of the message it sends to children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">As for Biden\u2019s plans for Super Bowl Sunday, the president told Telemundo this week he will be \u201cwatching from home\u201d with guacamole and \u201ca little chocolate chip ice cream afterwards.\u201d His wife, first lady Jill Biden, a diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan, is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing to Glendale, Ariz., for the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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