Fucking died at “so on the one hand [carnival of horrors], but on the other, the Embassy was moved to Jerusalem. So it’s not black and white” with Lipstadt responding “Yes, it’s shades of gray”
there's a lot of "why would you ever agree to get interviewed by chotiner" and i feel it's not just ego about themselves but that they're the type who, if they read those interviews, would not think the people chotiner is interviewing came off badly at all
in their heads they're right about everything + who in their circles ever challenges them? reach a certain level and you get a self-sustaining bubble to live out your days free of conflict.
From what I hear, Chotiner interviews a lot of subject matter experts who come off completely reasonably. It's just that nobody passes them around saying, "Look what this monster was willing to have the New Yorker quote from them!"
He doesn't even destroy them:
He gives them enough rope to hang themselves, and then a certain kind of horrible person does it. I bet sitting down with him doesn't feel much different from sitting down for a softball interview, until other people point out what was said later.
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She just, didn’t even see the curb at all
He also missed on Steven Ratner pretty badly
He gives them enough rope to hang themselves, and then a certain kind of horrible person does it. I bet sitting down with him doesn't feel much different from sitting down for a softball interview, until other people point out what was said later.