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MORGAN: You have a teenaged child.

BIALEK: Mm-hmm.

MORGAN: Are you concerned about the impact of all this on your child?

BIALEK: Absolutely. He’s the love of my life. And the most important thing in the world to me. And — but you know, on the other hand, I want him to know that his mommy did something good for women, that she stood up for what she believed in. And I think that’s a more important lesson to learn that I did something on behalf of women.

As you can see, Morgan chose not to ask Bialek why her previous husband filed a paternity suit against her shortly after this child was born.

Why were such topics ignored? Was it part of the terms of the interview set forth by Allred?

Consider that when Morgan asked for names of those corroborating her story, Allred refused to let Bialek answer:

MORGAN: How many other people have known about what happened?

BIALEK: I only told two people.

MORGAN: And who are they?

GLORIA ALLRED, CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY: We’re not going to name them, Piers, but we are identifying them as we did today as a physician that she was dating who has provided a declaration under penalty of perjury to us, which we have signed. And also a very prominent businessman who has been a longtime friend and mentor of Sharon’s, and he has also provided declaration under penalty of perjury to us that she told them shortly thereafter, after the incident, that Mr. Cain had made sexually inappropriate advances to her and conduct, misconduct with her, but she did not provide the detail to them. She was very, very embarrassed and shaken by this situation.