Controlling the narrative is interviewer 101. If your guest starts saying something you don’t want them to say you interrupt them, you change the subject, you redirect the conversation or you bluster and engage in ad hom attacks.

It’s a basic interview technique, one that Morgan especially is known for – Hitchens even points out “For once [Morgan] doesn’t try to shout down his interviewee.” And he’s right, he didn’t

…Why?

If a guest persists in saying things they’re not supposed to say, you simply cut their feed and claim technical difficulties.

None of that happened. So clearly the people in charge were happy to air Sachs’ views.