Al Tompkins at Poynter analyzes the interview style Steve Kroft employed during his 60 Minutes interview of President Obama on the bin Laden raid. An excerpt:
Kroft is aware he used a lot of closed-ended questions, and he did it on purpose because of time pressures and because of how this President answers questions.
“I have interviewed him before and you don’t want to ask him open-ended questions — you get long answers,” he said.
Kroft explained, “It is difficult to interrupt the President — it is not something I particularly like to do. The thing about this president is he will give you his thought process if you ask him about it. He will explain the complexities that weigh on his mind.”
Ha! The whole piece here.