MEDIA WINNER: CNN's New Day
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham appeared on CNN’s New Day on Tuesday, and spoke with John Berman and Brianna Keilar at length in a provocative and news-generating interview. Grisham sat down for the multi-segment spot on the release of her new book I’ll Take Your Questions Now, which covered her briefing-free time as Trump’s chief spokesperson. The CNN hosts asked Grisham about Fox News, January 6, and obviously a lot more. Including a blurted curse word. “What was the role of Fox News in the White House?” asked Brianna Keilar, prompting a reply involving former Fox host Lou Dobbs. “You know, I looked forward to going and doing Lou Dobbs because Lou Dobbs would do all the talking about how great everything was, and I would just nod and say yes,” Grisham said, adding that Fox hosts “by and large, didn’t get tough with us. They just took what we were saying and disseminated it.” "I think they’re disseminating it to a lot of people who went… went to the Capitol for January 6 and I, you know, again, I’ve had a lot of time to grapple with this and I feel horribly guilty about — about my part in it because I was on Fox a lot,” she added, also agreeing that it was "a bit" like "state-run TV." Grisham also said of the administration that "the way we handled Covid was tragic" and cost lives. It was a well-done and expansive spotlight by the New Day team, and generated a good deal of buzz. Grisham, too, is seeking buzz for her new tell-all, although speaking of Dobbs, she wasn't always so keen on the genre. |