I disagree. There was nothing wrong with the interview itself. I don't think they looked bad. Fox News did their bit of trying to ridicule the person to please

I disagree. There was nothing wrong with the interview itself. I don't think they looked bad. Fox News did their bit of trying to ridicule the person to please their core audience but the person handled it relatively well and people who were likely to support the AntiWork cause would be able to see the reporter in bad light and be interested in the subreddit. So, the attention they received was good. If everything had gone well, they would get a swarm of new users to the sub-reddit, people who thought this was a bad idea would dominate the discussion for a few days, but when the dust settled, the subreddit would be much better off for it. The problem here is that the person being interviewed has a shady past. They have boasted about sleeping on the job, have had multiple allegations of sexual assault and other controversies, which people brought up all the time, which is the reason they had to go private.