After watching this again, I love how she tries to straighten him out by saying, “that’s what I meant by that Charlie.” Every time she used his name, it reminded me of when Linus finished the nativity story and said, “that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.” Like Charlie Brown, Charlie Gibson is miserable and needed someone to set him straight on an important message that he was missing.
I think she went into the interview with that ploy. I think calling him Charlie worked well.