U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to sit down for an extended interview on the Fox News Channel on Oct. 16.
Harris will be quizzed by Fox News Channel’s chief political anchor Bret Baier as the Democratic presidential candidate campaigns in the battleground state of Pennsylvania and Baier hosts a Special Report with Bret Baier edition. The Wednesday appearance at 6 p.m. marks Harris’ first formal sit-down interview on the Fox News Channel after she completed earlier interviews on CNN and CBS’ 60 Minutes show.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump backed out of also accepting an interview on 60 Minutes after earlier agreeing to do so. That departed from a tradition of the CBS newsmagazine inviting both the Democratic and Republican tickets to appear on the broadcast on the traditional TV outlet before Americans cast their votes.
Harris doing the sit-down interview on Fox News Channel allows the U.S. presidential candidate to possibly draw votes from conservative and independent voters that routinely tune into the 24-hour news service owned by Fox Corp. and reaching into 70 million homes.
At the same time, the Fox News Channel appearance is a risk as Harris will be grilled about her plans if she wins the U.S. presidential election next month, including on hot-button issues like immigration and reproductive rights.
Harris was earlier criticized for doing too few TV sit-downs with journalists since becoming the Democratic nominee, but in recent weeks has done a media blitz, including a live interview with The View and sit-downs with Howard Stern and Stephen Colbert.
Harris also appeared on the popular Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper.
Source: Hollywoodreporter
