> The problem you describe is why presidents will only sit down for interviews with anchors/journalists/networks who they have some guarantee will treat them fa

> The problem you describe is why presidents will only sit down for interviews with anchors/journalists/networks who they have some guarantee will treat them favorably That's not true. Only the last president outright refused to engage in unfriendly press. Obama may have called on Fox reporters less often and only got interviewed once or twice on the network, but he still engaged them.