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Any public figure has to balance not-being-grilled with not-being-seen.
Politicians need to be in the public eye, because exposure (and recognition) helps them get re-elected.
Picking and choosing who you want to be interviewed by, might work when you're in great demand and everyone wants to interview you. But for many politicians, avoiding potentially uncomfortable interviews isn't really a practical choice.
That, and the fact that there will always be the odd narcissistic megalomaniac who will believe that they can handle the interview and come-up.... err, and win the argument.
Yes, but in the main they are not interviews any longer but grilliings in which the questioner's aim seems to be to try and trip the interviewee up to gain some sort of headline. I have started shouting at the TV!