[See NewsBusters for more.] With Joe Biden’s popularity cratering, the White House finally announced on Tuesday that the President will submit to a pre-Super Bowl interview, talking to Nightly News anchor Lester Holt. (Previews of the interview will air on Thursday night.)The confirmation came late, just five days before the world-wide event. History has shown that Democrats like Barack Obama and Joe Biden enjoy super softballs before the big game. In 2016, CBS News assigned This Morning co-host Gayle King, a donor, supporter, and vacation pal of the Obama family, to interview the President and his wife before the Super Bowl. In doing this, the network guaranteed one of the softest interviews in the history of the Democratic administration. Asking not one serious question, the journalist instead highlighted her favorite photo of the President and his wife. King also brought up dance moves, relationship issues and Super Bowl predictions. Like something out of Access Hollywood, the host gave the Obamas a photograph: “I just happen to have this picture here....What were you two thinking? One word? It's one of my favorite pictures of the Obama administration.”
