{"id":115386,"date":"2021-02-01T22:35:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T03:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115386"},"modified":"2021-02-01T22:57:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T03:57:10","slug":"report-bidens-comms-team-asked-reporters-for-questions-in-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-comms-team-asked-reporters-for-questions-in-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden\u2019s Comms Team Asked Reporters For Questions In Advance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-bidens-comms-team-asked-reporters-for-questions-in-advance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/white-house-reporters-say-biden-team-asked-them-for-questions-in-advance?via=twitter_page\">The Daily Beast<\/a>, President Biden\u2019s communications team has asked reporters what questions they plan to ask White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at press briefings.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast referenced \u201cthree sources with knowledge of the matter, as well as written communications reviewed by The Daily Beast\u201d who intimated that the Biden communications had made the approaches to the reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne reporter raised the issue during an informal White House Correspondents Association Zoom call last Friday. According to multiple sources, leaders at the meeting advised print reporters to push back against requests by the White House press team to learn of questions in advance, or simply to not respond to the Biden team\u2019s inquiries,\u201d The Daily Beast asserted.<\/p>\n<p>One source told The Daily Beast, which reportedly had some of its staffers on the Zoom call, \u201cIt pissed off enough reporters for people to flag it for the [WHCA] for them to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose staffers had no input into this story whatsoever,\u201d The Daily Beast wrote, adding, \u201cThe reporter who wrote this story was not bound by the terms of the call\u2019s agreement. All of the information in this article was independently gathered, and without his colleagues\u2019 knowledge. \u2026 Biden\u2019s press team did not deny that staffers had solicited questions from reporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast quoted a White House spokesperson who stated, \u201cOur goal is to make the daily briefing as useful and informative as possible for both reporters and the public. Part of meeting that objective means regularly engaging with the reporters who will be in the briefing room to understand how the White House can be most helpful in getting them the information they need. That two-way conversation is an important part of keeping the American people updated about how government is serving them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Schultz, a former deputy press secretary in the Obama White House, protested that the Biden team&#8217;s approach was normal, saying, \u201cThis is textbook communications work. The briefing becomes meaningless if the press secretary has to repeatedly punt questions, instead of coming equipped to discuss what journalists are reporting on. In a non-covid environment, this would happen in casual conversations throughout the day in lower and upper press. One of the few upsides to reporters hovering over your desk all day, is that you get a very quick sense of what they\u2019re working on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, apparently stung by criticism that she had evaded answering certain questions in the past by stating she would \u201ccircle back\u201d with an answer at a later date, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-press-sec-mocks-conservative-twitter-i-am-going-to-circle-back\/\">targeted<\/a> \u201cconservative Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd last thing I want to do before I get to your questions: I often note I am going to circle back,&#8221; said Psaki. &#8220;I hate to disappoint conservative Twitter, but I am going to circle back on a number of things, as we often do directly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Daily Beast, President Biden\u2019s communications team has asked reporters what questions they plan to ask White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki at press briefings. 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