The Biden White House, plagued by low approval ratings that have weakened the president’s clout and raised fears among Democrats over next year’s midterm elections, is blaming the media for some of its problems.
Administration officials are increasingly pointing the finger at the press, saying news organizations are unfairly covering the White House and contributing to Biden’s tenuous public standing nearly a year into his presidency.
Multiple White House officials recently shared a Washington Post column published with the headline: “The media treats Biden as badly as — or worse than — Trump. Here’s proof.”
The opinion piece, written by Dana Milbank, cited findings from an artificial intelligence software’s analysis of more than 200,000 articles from 65 different outlets that determined coverage of Biden has been as bad for the last few months as that of former President Trump during the same time frame in 2020.
Biden administration officials also pushed back earlier in the week in response to a “West Wing Playbook” item in Politico that described Vice President Harris’s preference to use traditional wired headphones instead of Bluetooth devices over fears that the latest technology could come with certain security risks.
“The intrepid, substantive reporting on @VP continues,” White House deputy press secretary Chris Meagher wrote on Twitter, attaching a photo of the newsletter along with his snark.
“Chris — didn’t you hear? This is what people all over the country really care about and want to know,” responded Symone Sanders, Harris’s outgoing press secretary, who is stepping down amid a rash of stories about discord in the vice president’s office.
On Thursday, more than five dozen liberal groups sent a letter to key media stakeholders urging more balanced coverage of the 46th president. In it, organizations condemned what they consider the “pervasive pattern of under-reporting and negative bias toward the actions and agenda of this administration.”
“Please consider and swiftly address your role in promoting this widespread, destructive pattern of reporting,” the letter states. “Not only is it doing harm to our democracy, but it is also harming your reputation as journalists and that of the news outlets you represent.”
Interviews with top media critics, strategists and White House officials reveal that an increasingly adversarial dynamic does indeed seem to be developing between the Biden administration and the free press.
The MSM doesn’t have enough OdoBan to cover the stink in that doghouse.
The medias loves Biden. They hate Trump and have always made it as tough for him as possible.
Democrats control the Press !!!!! DUGH