some people cannot handle pressure
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
political interview fails before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the most awkward cringe-worthy
interviews conducted with politicians
where they get into fights with
reporters few misinformation or just
flat-out embarrass themselves I don’t
tell you that they go we’ll see to
consider the choice almost a no-go
except number 10
James Diaz forgets the six-point plan
six points could you run critical we’re
used to politicians dodging questions
about actual policy plans as long as
they can but Australian liberal
parliament candidate James Diaz took it
to another level he as was asked in an
interview with Network 10 to detail his
party’s six-point plan to curb the
influx of asylum seekers to the country
only he couldn’t remember any of them
under the life of having to work to get
it uploaded which was with little buddy
what are the other so I thought oh look
he has proceeded to provide broad
answers instead of his specific points
and was asked to outline the plan
several more times before the interview
reached its merciful end the blunder
eventually went viral and Diaz conceded
defeat in the parliamentary election
they’re kicking up company to explore
1.5 essentially rock the baby weight
support family number nine Michael Grimm
threatens New York one reporter
New Yorkers are famous for their
no-nonsense hard-boiled attitude which
can come out at some pretty inopportune
moments after President Obama’s 2014
State of the Union address
New York congressman Michael Grimm was
talking to New York one political
reporter Michael Scott Oh about the
speech I mean I’m not taking it
personally I just think he he was angry
by the fact that I asked that question
when asked about fraud allegations he
was facing grim said he wouldn’t be
addressing it and walked off camera but
after it looked like Scotto had wrapped
up his piece grandma threatened him with
violence only to find the camera was
still on grim apologized to Scott oh the
next day and in the ultimate bit of
poetic irony was later arrested on those
campaign fraud accusations that he
fought so hard to dodge number eight
Michael Howard grilled by Jeremy Paxman
why did you bawl out am Widdecombe for
sending flowers and in what she calls a
Christian gesture to mrs. Lewis I didn’t
as she indeed has just concerned British
X Home Secretary Michael Howard got a
masterclass in the power of repetition
after this embarrassment mister how did
you ever lied in any public statement
certainly not in this iconic 1997
interview on BBC’s Newsnight anchor
Jeremy Paxman grilled Howard over and
over about whether he forced the hand of
Derrick Lewis director-general of Her
Majesty’s Prison Service to fire a
prison governor there saxman asked
Howard a simple question I was entitled
to be consulted he threatened to ally
was not entitled to instruct directly
and when he doesn’t answer it he asked
him again in total Paxman asked Howard
if he threatened to overrule Louis 12
times
Howard’s reputation was damaged as a
result of the controversy while Paxman
questioning lives on in the hallowed
halls of British journalism it’s quite
intuitive and I would I give you that
I’ll give you another direction to
overrule him
number 7 adam bolton vs Alastair
Campbell it’s not interest exactly where
you’ll seriously think about it
yes following the 2010 United Kingdom
general election the newly elected
Conservative Party was trying to
have to deal with the Liberal Democrats
to form a coalition government it was
creating some tensions as seen in this
interview
featuring Sky News editor adam bolton
and journalist Alastair Campbell are way
too fit of that I don’t care what you’re
fed up with you can see what you like I
can tell you my opinion tell me what I
think the piece starts off civil but
then devolved into a shouting match
between the two men with Campbell
accusing Bolton of a conservative bias
and both in telling Campbell do not tell
him what he thinks this is live on fella
don’t tell anyone I think this is going
to do you come on let’s go no I want me
lecture the whole thing was like
watching a really classy train wreck
Louis tonight carry on later number six
David Frost interviewing Richard Nixon
hasn’t been published you say no I think
it’s available to anybody who consults
the record after becoming the first u.s.
president to ever resign from office
Richard Nixon wisely spent a couple of
years out of the public eye but in 1977
the disgraced ex-president returned to
open up to the American people in a
series of interviews with British
reporter David Frost
he interviews featured frost grilling
Nixon on his life presidency and of
course his scandals while Frost was
commended for his work Nixon did not
come off as well just listened to the
legendary line where he defends his
questionable actions or when the
President does it that means that it is
not illegal Nixon may have denied the
allegations against him until his death
but these interviews are as much a part
of his infamy as the Watergate scandal
I’m sorry
I just hope I have enough to let you
down number five Diane Abbott walks off
for a phone call
now this one’s pretty rude Labour Party
MP Diane Abbott found herself in hot
water in 2012 when she sent out a tweet
that said quote white people love
playing divide and rule Sky News was
able to catch up with a member of
parliament to ask her what she meant by
her potentially divisive tweet she gave
an explanation and then said she
believed the tweet was being taken out
of context before getting a phone call
and walking off camera mid interview
explain to us what you actually meant by
the comment
Sky News leader found out Labour Party
head ed Miliband was very likely on the
other end of the call giving her a very
stern talking-to I’m told that he found
her up personally and he made it clear
that she had to apologize unreservedly
to him to the party and also to anybody
that’s who she may have offended by it
number four now Menendez 28 second
career people from all walks of life and
careers have tried their hand at public
office whether they were business people
doctors or even actors in their previous
life but we’ve rarely seen athletes
dabble in politics and Australian Mal
Meninga gave us a glimpse as to why
Meninga was a legendary rugby player
turned coach when he decided to take his
work in a different direction in 2001
that year he campaigned as an
independent for the Australian Capital
Territory Legislative Assembly and now
seeing his candidacy in an interview on
ABC only to get cold feet 28 seconds in
and walked out of the studio just a
person that big making sure that all of
the luggage
we guess kicking goals is nothing
compared to the stress of having to talk
in front of a camera it was the shortest
political career on record number three
Todd Aikens legitimate rape comments one
of the foundational things America’s
built on is a respect for life we didn’t
think this one had to be spelled out
Missouri congressman Todd akin proved he
fell asleep in biology when he gave this
interview during his campaign for US
Senate in 2012 when asked about his
views on abortion he gave an answer that
defied all medical logic saying the
bodies of female rape victims had the
power to shut out an unwanted pregnancy
he also pissed more than a few people
off by trying to classify some rape as
quote legitimate it’s a legitimate rape
the female body has ways to try to shut
that whole thing down understandably
akin was blasted by the public and both
American political parties for his
comments and it’s believed that they
were the reason he lost the election
akin eventually apologized for the
remark but it still had a lasting effect
on his career not what I expected always
said don’t trust those polls and that’s
been true number two Sarah Palin with
Katie Couric he’s also known as the
Maverick though taken shots from his own
party and certainly taken shots from the
other party in 2008 Republican nominee
for US president John McCain shocked
everyone by choosing unknown Alaska
governor Sarah Palin as his running mate
the American people were eager to learn
more about her and they got their wish
in a series of interviews with CBS
Evening News anchor Katie Couric Putin
rears his head and comes into the
airspace of the United States of America
where do they go it’s Alaska just right
over the border but instead of showing
people why she should be the second most
powerful person in America Palin utterly
embarrassed herself in the interviews by
coming off as unprepared and
unknowledgeable some of the highlights
of the infamous interviews included
Palin talking about her home state’s
relationship to Russia and of course her
taste in newspapers all of them any of
them that have
then in front of me over all these years
while Couric was showered with praise
for her journalistic efforts the
mccain-palin campaign never recovered it
is a level of excitement enthusiasm
frankly that I haven’t seen before and
I’d like to attribute it to me number
one Christopher Young singing talents
the first of all coming a little bit
about why did you get into politics in
the first place
local news is great for shining a
spotlight on politicians that wouldn’t
get exposure anywhere else in the
build-up to the 2010 Providence mayoral
election Rhode Island station WPRI
interviewed candidates to give viewers a
better idea of who was running for
office one of these candidates happened
to be Democrat Christopher young while
the interview begins with some
substantive discussion young quickly
transitions into something not related
to politics namely his talent for
writing songs young then pulls out a
tiny speaker and stings one of his
compositions making a minute-and-a-half
feel like eternity yeah
maybe don’t take up a music career the
sun-god comes with
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and drive for new videos every day
[Music]
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
political interview fails before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the most awkward cringe-worthy
interviews conducted with politicians
where they get into fights with
reporters few misinformation or just
flat-out embarrass themselves I don’t
tell you that they go we’ll see to
consider the choice almost a no-go
except number 10
James Diaz forgets the six-point plan
six points could you run critical we’re
used to politicians dodging questions
about actual policy plans as long as
they can but Australian liberal
parliament candidate James Diaz took it
to another level he as was asked in an
interview with Network 10 to detail his
party’s six-point plan to curb the
influx of asylum seekers to the country
only he couldn’t remember any of them
under the life of having to work to get
it uploaded which was with little buddy
what are the other so I thought oh look
he has proceeded to provide broad
answers instead of his specific points
and was asked to outline the plan
several more times before the interview
reached its merciful end the blunder
eventually went viral and Diaz conceded
defeat in the parliamentary election
they’re kicking up company to explore
1.5 essentially rock the baby weight
support family number nine Michael Grimm
threatens New York one reporter
New Yorkers are famous for their
no-nonsense hard-boiled attitude which
can come out at some pretty inopportune
moments after President Obama’s 2014
State of the Union address
New York congressman Michael Grimm was
talking to New York one political
reporter Michael Scott Oh about the
speech I mean I’m not taking it
personally I just think he he was angry
by the fact that I asked that question
when asked about fraud allegations he
was facing grim said he wouldn’t be
addressing it and walked off camera but
after it looked like Scotto had wrapped
up his piece grandma threatened him with
violence only to find the camera was
still on grim apologized to Scott oh the
next day and in the ultimate bit of
poetic irony was later arrested on those
campaign fraud accusations that he
fought so hard to dodge number eight
Michael Howard grilled by Jeremy Paxman
why did you bawl out am Widdecombe for
sending flowers and in what she calls a
Christian gesture to mrs. Lewis I didn’t
as she indeed has just concerned British
X Home Secretary Michael Howard got a
masterclass in the power of repetition
after this embarrassment mister how did
you ever lied in any public statement
certainly not in this iconic 1997
interview on BBC’s Newsnight anchor
Jeremy Paxman grilled Howard over and
over about whether he forced the hand of
Derrick Lewis director-general of Her
Majesty’s Prison Service to fire a
prison governor there saxman asked
Howard a simple question I was entitled
to be consulted he threatened to ally
was not entitled to instruct directly
and when he doesn’t answer it he asked
him again in total Paxman asked Howard
if he threatened to overrule Louis 12
times
Howard’s reputation was damaged as a
result of the controversy while Paxman
questioning lives on in the hallowed
halls of British journalism it’s quite
intuitive and I would I give you that
I’ll give you another direction to
overrule him
number 7 adam bolton vs Alastair
Campbell it’s not interest exactly where
you’ll seriously think about it
yes following the 2010 United Kingdom
general election the newly elected
Conservative Party was trying to
have to deal with the Liberal Democrats
to form a coalition government it was
creating some tensions as seen in this
interview
featuring Sky News editor adam bolton
and journalist Alastair Campbell are way
too fit of that I don’t care what you’re
fed up with you can see what you like I
can tell you my opinion tell me what I
think the piece starts off civil but
then devolved into a shouting match
between the two men with Campbell
accusing Bolton of a conservative bias
and both in telling Campbell do not tell
him what he thinks this is live on fella
don’t tell anyone I think this is going
to do you come on let’s go no I want me
lecture the whole thing was like
watching a really classy train wreck
Louis tonight carry on later number six
David Frost interviewing Richard Nixon
hasn’t been published you say no I think
it’s available to anybody who consults
the record after becoming the first u.s.
president to ever resign from office
Richard Nixon wisely spent a couple of
years out of the public eye but in 1977
the disgraced ex-president returned to
open up to the American people in a
series of interviews with British
reporter David Frost
he interviews featured frost grilling
Nixon on his life presidency and of
course his scandals while Frost was
commended for his work Nixon did not
come off as well just listened to the
legendary line where he defends his
questionable actions or when the
President does it that means that it is
not illegal Nixon may have denied the
allegations against him until his death
but these interviews are as much a part
of his infamy as the Watergate scandal
I’m sorry
I just hope I have enough to let you
down number five Diane Abbott walks off
for a phone call
now this one’s pretty rude Labour Party
MP Diane Abbott found herself in hot
water in 2012 when she sent out a tweet
that said quote white people love
playing divide and rule Sky News was
able to catch up with a member of
parliament to ask her what she meant by
her potentially divisive tweet she gave
an explanation and then said she
believed the tweet was being taken out
of context before getting a phone call
and walking off camera mid interview
explain to us what you actually meant by
the comment
Sky News leader found out Labour Party
head ed Miliband was very likely on the
other end of the call giving her a very
stern talking-to I’m told that he found
her up personally and he made it clear
that she had to apologize unreservedly
to him to the party and also to anybody
that’s who she may have offended by it
number four now Menendez 28 second
career people from all walks of life and
careers have tried their hand at public
office whether they were business people
doctors or even actors in their previous
life but we’ve rarely seen athletes
dabble in politics and Australian Mal
Meninga gave us a glimpse as to why
Meninga was a legendary rugby player
turned coach when he decided to take his
work in a different direction in 2001
that year he campaigned as an
independent for the Australian Capital
Territory Legislative Assembly and now
seeing his candidacy in an interview on
ABC only to get cold feet 28 seconds in
and walked out of the studio just a
person that big making sure that all of
the luggage
we guess kicking goals is nothing
compared to the stress of having to talk
in front of a camera it was the shortest
political career on record number three
Todd Aikens legitimate rape comments one
of the foundational things America’s
built on is a respect for life we didn’t
think this one had to be spelled out
Missouri congressman Todd akin proved he
fell asleep in biology when he gave this
interview during his campaign for US
Senate in 2012 when asked about his
views on abortion he gave an answer that
defied all medical logic saying the
bodies of female rape victims had the
power to shut out an unwanted pregnancy
he also pissed more than a few people
off by trying to classify some rape as
quote legitimate it’s a legitimate rape
the female body has ways to try to shut
that whole thing down understandably
akin was blasted by the public and both
American political parties for his
comments and it’s believed that they
were the reason he lost the election
akin eventually apologized for the
remark but it still had a lasting effect
on his career not what I expected always
said don’t trust those polls and that’s
been true number two Sarah Palin with
Katie Couric he’s also known as the
Maverick though taken shots from his own
party and certainly taken shots from the
other party in 2008 Republican nominee
for US president John McCain shocked
everyone by choosing unknown Alaska
governor Sarah Palin as his running mate
the American people were eager to learn
more about her and they got their wish
in a series of interviews with CBS
Evening News anchor Katie Couric Putin
rears his head and comes into the
airspace of the United States of America
where do they go it’s Alaska just right
over the border but instead of showing
people why she should be the second most
powerful person in America Palin utterly
embarrassed herself in the interviews by
coming off as unprepared and
unknowledgeable some of the highlights
of the infamous interviews included
Palin talking about her home state’s
relationship to Russia and of course her
taste in newspapers all of them any of
them that have
then in front of me over all these years
while Couric was showered with praise
for her journalistic efforts the
mccain-palin campaign never recovered it
is a level of excitement enthusiasm
frankly that I haven’t seen before and
I’d like to attribute it to me number
one Christopher Young singing talents
the first of all coming a little bit
about why did you get into politics in
the first place
local news is great for shining a
spotlight on politicians that wouldn’t
get exposure anywhere else in the
build-up to the 2010 Providence mayoral
election Rhode Island station WPRI
interviewed candidates to give viewers a
better idea of who was running for
office one of these candidates happened
to be Democrat Christopher young while
the interview begins with some
substantive discussion young quickly
transitions into something not related
to politics namely his talent for
writing songs young then pulls out a
tiny speaker and stings one of his
compositions making a minute-and-a-half
feel like eternity yeah
maybe don’t take up a music career the
sun-god comes with
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and drive for new videos every day
[Music]
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