ABC News host George Stephanopoulos sat down with President Biden for his first post-debate interview Friday evening, and the conversation drew reactions from the news media.
After a preview was originally slated to air on World News Tonight Friday evening with David Muir, with the entire interview airing on This Week with George Stephanopoulos and a subsequent portion airing on Good Morning America Monday, ABC News reversed course. It then aired the full, unedited interview Friday evening, with more than 8 million viewers tuning into the conversation, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen.
Many in the news media had reactions to the job done by Stephanopoulos. Conservative media figures had wide-ranging opinions when the conversation was announced. Some argued that the interview was likely to draw softball questions from the host, while others argued Stephanopoulos would attempt to push Biden out of the race for the White House.
