Sunday’s show was described to me as “the one without yelling.”
Sunday is bagels; it’s English muffins. It’s a time of reflection. During the week people are coming home with the grit of the day on them. What I like about Sunday is, I interview people I instinctively believe. I sit down with four journalists. I’m like Perry White in “Superman”: “Whaddya got?” What they have to say is going to be fact-based. During the week, I have to contend with advocates and I have to challenge them.
Do you want people getting their news from your shows? Or do you hope that they just add to someone’s understanding of–
Well, I put in a lot of time scoping out the weekend show. I like to ask questions from the Seder: what makes this week different from any other week? I also ask another question: What’s the focus of the locust? What do people want to know?
How do you get Shepard Smith’s weekday numbers on Fox?
I don’t know. I’m a skeptic. I don’t think anybody would say anything I’ve ever done is predictable or partisan. People like the fact that, when they turn me on, I would be watching. Heh!
