Yep.

Everything about his body language screams, "I'm doing something slimy and I know it, but here, listen to these words spoken authoritatively whilst I wave my hands around and forget about it."

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Would have been nice if the interviewer pushed back more than "lol I don't think they would agree". Spineless.

Spineless seems a bit harsh. The interviewee did open with an unveiled threat of legal action against anyone who disagrees with him.

There was a time when the media would take pride in smacking down some moron who thought they could use the law to suppress speech they don't like.

I heard The Onion still does this

"The media" in general, sure. They often still do. My point was just that one person not doing this in an intimidating 1:1 interview doesn't make that person spineless.