Much as I admired WFB, I have no interest in watching him interview Satan. Why foul my mind and spirit with the hideous burblings of this evil vermin?
Take everything Jesus taught and do the exact opposite, then you’d have Alinsky.
Because many people, like me, who tuned in to watch Buckley often debate people with opposite views, eventually came to understand how many liberal/leftist ideas and plans are morally bankrupt.
I didn't see that particular interview, but I watched Firing Line quite a bit in the seventies. That probably helped turn me from the liberalism I grew up with into the conservative I am today. Remember, Buckley wasn't just preaching to the choir. Many people tuned in to those debates believing their leftist hero would easily crush the ignorant conservative. They were often shocked when their leftist hero, like Alinsky, turned out to be lying fraud who couldn't answer a straight question if his or her life depended on it.
I'm sure many leftist "heroes" of that time dreaded going on Firing Line and refused invitations to appear.