Stormy Daniels Interview Analysis
Watch the following video from the recent “60 Minutes” interview between Stormy Daniels and Anderson Cooper.
In a Word file (.doc), answer the following questions:
1. What did you notice about the tone of the interview?
2. What types of questions (open- or closed-ended) did Cooper tend to ask more in this segment?
3. Does Cooper asks questions that provide revealing or engaging answers from Daniels?
4. How forthcoming is Daniels in this interview?
5. Does the interview have a strong theme or do the questions wander a lot?
6. What, if anything, might a reporter do differently in this situation?
7. Are there any questions you believe should not have been asked? On the flip side, are there questions, you think should have been asked?
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What did you notice about the tone of the interview?
In the conversation, the tone is an anxious and direct from both cooper and Stormy Daniels. Stormy Daniels seems relaxed as she answers sensitive questions from cooper and never seems to have many emotions of joy or anger about her own personal life. There is a lot of anxiety to both explain the situation and draws the best of attention towards the relationship that Stormy had with President Trump. Cooper is kind of very much related to the outcome of the conversation as anxious though…
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