they are 7% in the polls. this is for titilation. you can do it, but i will not do it. i was an intern and i said i understand you can fire me for insubordination. but i will not do it. did they fire you? no, they didn t because the stakes were so low for everybody. i was an intern. i could get an internship somewhere else. they were barely paying me. you know. but my view was, my view would be now, it would be very difficult argument to say you should not interview marine le pen now, when she is second, quite often, in the polls, that the politics has broken down and you have to engage with it. you re not saying interviewing someone doesn t give them a platform. what you are saying is they already had a platform? when they have a platform. then it is justified. well, otherwise, what will you do? never speak to them? let s take donald trump. should journalists
a platform at all? there is a challenging balance, i think, because, and this was the very beginning of my media career, i was working for yorkshire television on a magazine programme called the world this week. i was asked, because i was employed because of my languages, to call front nationale to ask for an interview with jean marie le pen and i refused, and i said, they are 7% in the polls. this is for titilation. you can do it, but i will not do it. i was an intern and i said i understand you can fire me for insubordination. but i will not do it. did they fire you? no, they didn t because the stakes were so low for everybody. i was an intern. i could get an internship somewhere else. they were barely paying me. you know.
this is titilation. you can do it. i will not do it. i was an intern and i said i understand you can fire me for insubordination. but i will not do it. did they fire you? no, they didn t because the stakes are so low for everybody. i was an intern. i could get an internship somewhere else. they were barely paying me. but my view was, my view would be now, it would be very difficult argument to say you should not interview marine le pen now when she is second, quite often, in the polls that the politics has broken down and you have to engage with it. you re not saying interviewing someone doesn t give them a platform you are saying they already had a platform? when they have a platform. then it is justified. well, otherwise, what will you do? never speak to them? let s take donald trump. should journalists never interview him ?
along those lines and perhaps younger ones are saying you should not give these people a platform at all? there is a challenging balance, i think, because, and this was the very beginning of my media career, i was working for yorkshire television on a magazine programme called the world this week. i was asked, because i was employed because of my languages, to call front nationale to ask for an interview with jean marie le pen and i refused, and i said they are 7% in the polls. this is titilation. you can do it. i will not do it. i was an intern and i said i understand you can fire me for insubordination. but i will not do it. did they fire you? no, they didn t because the stakes were so low for everybody. i was an intern. i could get an internship somewhere else. they were barely paying me. but my view was, my view would be
parallel plank that is congress job as well. so that s what happened. it s such a good point and this president ovften projects his weaknesses onto his enemies. is there any recalibrating, any reaching out to you on the phone to try to clean that up? no, i think that there was some sense of titilation among white house aides watching this happen. hold onto your seat belts, he has something planned. i heard from people in the rose garden that aides were watching and smiling at the spectacle. so from the white house perspective, i think they were happy that he staged his own communications strategy here.