Those shows cater to people like him.
Could it be he is a braggart? And he (and Barry) knows his message will not be well received?
You’ve asked the question that is the elephant in the room. The press chiefs send out armies of photographers and journalists to stalk C-level celebrities, yet no one appears to have attempted to ask Bill Ayers any questtions about his four years of mentoring Obama. The network chiefs are working for David Axelrod - engaging in Axelrodism by pretending that Obama and Ayers were only passing aquantences.