Targeting a public figure's family members and personal history during an interview can serve as a tactic to incite harassment campaigns.

“When you when you say that when you said the guy's name and then try to tie it into racism, I I know that you know this, Piers, but the left broadly will do these harassment campaigns. These harassment campaigns are designed specifically to incite the violence of their many of their mentally ill fol”

Journalists have a responsibility to challenge the views of public figures, even when those views are extreme or offensive.

“if an adult is is not an adult in the room to ask the hard questions and hold uh these type of of voices accountable, then they just run unchecked.”

Interviews with controversial figures are more effective when the interviewer seeks to understand the subject's logic rather than attempting to embarrass them.

“it is important to actually genuinely be trying to gain a better understanding of his reasoning and in his arguments and not just trying to win or embarrass because in the long run, I think that will backfire and that will cause him to become bigger.”