Exaclty. All journos are dumb. He could not create any rapport with Epstein instead he was playing his audience. When his shenanigans didn't work he tried sycophancy which comes across as a stage trick for anyone above 105 IQ. These are the pigeons speeding the FUD from the pigs in power in this Animal Farm we call civilized society.
I'm not even sure what they were trying to accomplish. They sure as hell weren't trying to make Epstein look good and Epstein was totally playing into it. It almost feels like he did it just to flex, knowing full well they had no intention of releasing the thing. At one point he flat out calls Epstein Satan and his reply is basically "Not saying I am, but I'm in no position to refute it." If anything, it fed into his ego and I think it chubbed him up a little.
Jesus Christ Steve Bannon is a terrible interviewer. He asked the same question 9 times?
Exaclty. All journos are dumb. He could not create any rapport with Epstein instead he was playing his audience. When his shenanigans didn't work he tried sycophancy which comes across as a stage trick for anyone above 105 IQ. These are the pigeons speeding the FUD from the pigs in power in this Animal Farm we call civilized society.
He may have been trying to do a favorable interview... or just generate the kind of take he wanted? Pretty weird
I'm not even sure what they were trying to accomplish. They sure as hell weren't trying to make Epstein look good and Epstein was totally playing into it. It almost feels like he did it just to flex, knowing full well they had no intention of releasing the thing. At one point he flat out calls Epstein Satan and his reply is basically "Not saying I am, but I'm in no position to refute it." If anything, it fed into his ego and I think it chubbed him up a little.
A few times the guy said "you're the smartest guy in the room please help me do my job?"