Quote:The New York Times issued a scorching statement on Thursday blasting President Joe Biden for avoiding media interviews as establishing a “dangerous precedent,” as liberals criticized the paper in response to a POLITICO report detailing friction between the Times and the White House.

The Times in a statement called it “troubling” that Biden “has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term.”

The New York Times issued the statement as reporters for the publication also pushed back on the POLITICO story, which detailed the tense relationship between the storied publication and the White House, denying that publisher A.G. Sulzberger shapes coverage.

“[I]n meetings with Vice President Harris and other administration officials, the publisher of The Times focused instead on a higher principle: That systematically avoiding interviews and questions from major news organizations doesn’t just undermine an important norm, it also establishes a dangerous precedent that future presidents can use to avoid scrutiny and accountability,” the statement reads. “That is why Mr. Sulzberger has repeatedly urged the White House to have the president sit down with The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, CNN and other major independent news organizations that millions of Americans rely on to understand their government.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...r-AA1nFRgQ

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Transparency at it's finest folks.

(04-26-2024 08:30 AM)green Wrote:  

Quote:The New York Times issued a scorching statement on Thursday blasting President Joe Biden for avoiding media interviews as establishing a “dangerous precedent,” as liberals criticized the paper in response to a POLITICO report detailing friction between the Times and the White House.

The Times in a statement called it “troubling” that Biden “has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term.”

The New York Times issued the statement as reporters for the publication also pushed back on the POLITICO story, which detailed the tense relationship between the storied publication and the White House, denying that publisher A.G. Sulzberger shapes coverage.

“[I]n meetings with Vice President Harris and other administration officials, the publisher of The Times focused instead on a higher principle: That systematically avoiding interviews and questions from major news organizations doesn’t just undermine an important norm, it also establishes a dangerous precedent that future presidents can use to avoid scrutiny and accountability,” the statement reads. “That is why Mr. Sulzberger has repeatedly urged the White House to have the president sit down with The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, CNN and other major independent news organizations that millions of Americans rely on to understand their government.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...r-AA1nFRgQ

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I would have more of a problem with that if any "independent journalists" actually existed. There may be some who don't work for a media outlet, but none of them are independent in thought and substance.

One thing the British have right: weekly PMQs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Mini..._Questions

I think stealing an election and installing a brain dead idiot as president sets a pretty dangerous precedent too.

Side bar: the NYT is likely giving tacit assistance to those who wish to remove Biden from the November ballot.