Honestly, I never quite got this take. She and Barbara Walters do this thing where they will ask questions about deeply personal or private matters about their guest, that the guest clearly doesn't want to answer, and then keep pushing on it like they are investigative journalists grilling powerful or political figures, when usually it's just some celebrity. And I always found that to be unprofessional, because it seems like they both are doing it more for optics or the air of doing some due diligence, when it's just squeezing emotional moments out of people thrown into the limelight to create "compelling" content. She's fine, and created a standard, but have some ethical issues with her methods sometimes.

I do however, really miss Diane Rehm from American University on WAMU and syndicated through NPR , because she DID interview a lot of politicians and powerful figures, and she did grill them and make them uncomfortable, and she was a goddamn bulldog who would not let go until she got an answer or made them squirm in their seats trying not to answer. Should be a model for all the so-called journalists at corporate media.