Barbara Walters would expect Kamala Harris to do interviews, author says: 'Part of the job of being president'

AUSTIN, Texas - The biographer of the late legendary broadcaster Barbara Walters says the iconic newswoman would expect Vice President Kamala Harris to do more interviews ahead of the presidential election.

"I think Barbara Walters would be pursuing her," author Susan Page told Fox News Digital in an interview at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival. "I think pursuing her with the expectation that part of the job of being president is talking to Americans, and one of the ways you talk to Americans is through the news media."

"She would expect both nominees to be doing interviews with serious journalists during a presidential campaign," Page added.

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Harris avoided taking questions from the press nearly 40 days since she emerged as the Democratic nominee before she finally granted an interview with CNN's Dana Bash alongside her running mate Tim Walz.

Since then, she has only done two radio interviews. She has yet to hold a formal press conference.

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Former President Trump, meanwhile, has sought to highlight the contrast in media availability between the two, granting several interviews, holding multiple press conferences and participating in a televised town hall with Fox News' Sean Hannity.

Even following Tuesday's presidential debate, Trump took questions from the reporters inside the spin room and has done additional interviews.

Page, Washington bureau chief for USA Today and author of "The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters," spoke about what inspired her to write about the journalism trailblazer.

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