I chat to Emma about why St. Vincent tried to kill their (now viral) interview, why they deleted their blog post, and what this all means for celebrity journalism
I do not support the way the interview was killed, like y'all said they should have just removed quotes if the interviewee had asked but the radical end of things is such a bizarre end. But What the interviewer still doesn't understand after all this is that, pay attention: prison abolition and injustice or systematic racism is NOTHING to do with white collar crime or a rich person. That's what St Vincent didn't want to go in that direction with that question, (because after this I got curious and checked she already talked a bit about that) and the Emma says again here that it's a fair question when is clearly not. The way Emma presents the topic and the question, is very dangerous and wrong. Who wants to link both issues doesn't understand a thing and the politics and the political climate. She also was very pushy and her questions were full of presumption, you can't really have a good interview like that.
I do not support the way the interview was killed, like y'all said they should have just removed quotes if the interviewee had asked but the radical end of things is such a bizarre end. But What the interviewer still doesn't understand after all this is that, pay attention: prison abolition and injustice or systematic racism is NOTHING to do with white collar crime or a rich person. That's what St Vincent didn't want to go in that direction with that question, (because after this I got curious and checked she already talked a bit about that) and the Emma says again here that it's a fair question when is clearly not. The way Emma presents the topic and the question, is very dangerous and wrong. Who wants to link both issues doesn't understand a thing and the politics and the political climate. She also was very pushy and her questions were full of presumption, you can't really have a good interview like that.