O’Rielly gets a “C”. I have yet to hear an interview of Obama that did not fail to ask multiple hard questions or questions that followed up the spin-nonanswers. Obama has always gotten a pass. The interviewers seem to always be enablers and, like Lauer, almost aplogetic for asking the occasional probing question.
I think a big part of the problem is Obama doesn’t give very much time for interviews.
He only gave BO 30 minutes. That’s not enough time to ask tough questions AND follow up.