Internet fumes after Bode Miller is driven to tears by Olympic interviewer, but he tw

The Internet was abuzz about Team USA skier Bode Miller on Sunday night. But it wasn't because he won the bronze medal in the super-G at the Sochi Games— in the process, becoming the oldest Alpine medalist in Olympic history, at 36 years and 127 days.
No, Miller was trending on Twitter because of his emotional interview after the competition. Specifically, the denizens of Twitter thought that NBC's Christin Cooper went too far in her interview with Miller, whose younger brother died last year.
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Chelone Miller, a snowboarder who died in April 2013, has been a big part of Bode Miller's story these Games. But Cooper drilled Miller with three questions that seemed like they were trying to make him break down on camera. Whether that was her motivation or not, it worked.
Here's a transcript of the entire interview:

The reaction? Well, it was swift and agitated.
Reporters have to ask tough questions. It's part of being a journalist. One of the hardest parts of the job — and one of the toughest nuances to learn — is knowing when enough is enough in an emotional situation. Cooper, it's worth nothing, was a skier before getting a TV gig with NBC, not a lifelong journalist.
Maybe when she looks back at the tape on this, she'll realize that one question about Miller's brother was enough — perhaps two would have been OK. But the third one, the one that broke Miller down into a ball of emotion, came off as, at best, insensitive and, at worst, cheap.
UPDATE: After the interview aired for the West Coast audience, Miller chimed in on Twitter, asking people to be gentle with Cooper.*

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