{"id":116895,"date":"2021-02-03T15:35:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116895"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:42:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:42:48","slug":"lies-ums-and-ill-circle-back-what-we-can-expect-from-jen-psaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lies-ums-and-ill-circle-back-what-we-can-expect-from-jen-psaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Lies, Ums, And \u2018I\u2019ll Circle Back\u2019: What We Can Expect From Jen Psaki"},"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\">26<\/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%2Flies-ums-and-ill-circle-back-what-we-can-expect-from-jen-psaki%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=116895&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230787058-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>During the four years Donald Trump was in the White House, the toughest job in his administration was arguably held by the White House press secretary.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Four people held that role. Sean Spicer for 182 days, Sarah Sanders for almost two years, Stephanie Grisham for 281 days, and Kayleigh McEnany for 288 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The official role of the White House press secretary is to act as the spokesperson for the executive branch. Officially, they are responsible for collecting and sharing information regarding the statements and actions of the president and their administration, and the president\u2019s position regarding events on the national and international stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Unofficially, the role of the press secretary is to advocate on behalf of the administration\u2019s policies, often employing obfuscation and diversionary tactics to achieve an optimal outcome. In simple terms, this can involve lying to protect the president, or make the administration look more palatable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under the Biden administration, the role of press secretary is now filled by Jen Psaki, who becomes the 34th person to take that position. Prior to her current role, Psaki was a member of the Obama administration, having served as White House Deputy Press Secretary, Deputy Communications Director, Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, and White House Communications Director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here is what we should expect from the next four years of Jen Psaki as the public face of the Biden administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Throughout President Trump\u2019s tenure, the press jumped at every opportunity to uncover any falsehood or mischaracterization promulgated by the president or his press secretary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper raised eyebrows in late 2020 after<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/media\/2020\/12\/28\/watch-cnns-jake-tapper-says-he-wont-book-kayleigh-mcenany-who-lies-the-way-that-most-people-breathe\"><span>saying<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;he would not bring Kayleigh McEnany onto his show because she told \u201clies the way that most people breathe,\u201d and Aaron Rupar of Vox published a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/9\/23\/21451585\/kayleigh-mcenany-white-house-press-briefing-lies\"><span>piece<\/span><\/a> <span>titled \u201cKayleigh McEnany has made a mockery of her promise not to lie. Tuesday\u2019s briefing was case in point.\u201d Fact checking organizations also<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/personalities\/kayleigh-mcenany\/\"><span>rallied<\/span><\/a> <span>to track Trump\u2019s press secretaries.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After Jen Psaki assumed the role, the legacy media pivoted and assumed that \u2014 by nature of her Democratic party allegiance \u2014 she would tell the truth. CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-brian-stelter-mocked-praising-refreshing-biden-psaki\"><span>shared<\/span><\/a> <span>a chyron from his show \u201cReliable Sources\u201d that read, \u201cPsaki promises to share \u2018accurate info\u2019 (How refreshing).\u201d During her first press briefing, Psaki promised to bring \u201ctransparency and truth\u201d back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, this is nonsense. Firstly, because Psaki exists in the political realm, and truth-telling in politics paves the path to unemployment. Secondly, Psaki has already promoted several obvious falsehoods since Biden assumed power, with one such example being the claim that the Biden administration did not<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/21\/politics\/biden-covid-vaccination-trump\/index.html\"><span>inherit<\/span><\/a> <span>a vaccine distribution plan from the outgoing administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then there are the normal style of basic mathematical lies that we all know and love.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a> is asked if lowering the checks from $2,000 to $1,400 is a broken promise:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were $600 payments in the package that passed in December. This is $1,400. Together, that is $2,000. So it would be delivering on the promise he made.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ClofdkQoTx\">pic.twitter.com\/ClofdkQoTx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1357044364837535744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Jen Psaki will lie because all press secretaries lie. Since press secretaries are also required to cover for the lies of their presidents, and Joe Biden has an intimate relationship with falsehood, we should assume that her \u201ctransparency and truth\u201d will be far from realized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media adoration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Prior to the four years of fervent and \u201cdedicated\u201d activism in the form of journalism against the Trump administration, members of the legacy media spent eight years massaging the Obama administration. Now, they\u2019ve earned a break, and will slip back into old habits as Biden \u2014 their chosen candidate \u2014 assumes office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Such adoration comes in a variety of forms. The first involves hero worship of Jen Psaki herself, and an obvious attempt to defend the press secretary from any criticism. Forbes published a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andymeek\/2021\/02\/03\/reporters-keep-asking-jen-psaki-weirdly-random-questions-during-white-house-press-briefings\/\"><span>piece<\/span><\/a> <span>titled \u201cReporters Keep Asking Jen Psaki Weirdly Random Questions During White House Press Briefings,\u201d and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/edwardsegal\/2021\/01\/22\/white-house-press-secretary-jen-psaki-is-providing-key-crisis-communication-lessons\/?sh=766f91795179\"><span>another<\/span><\/a> <span>titled \u201cWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Is Providing Key Crisis Communication Lessons.\u201d The Washington Post<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/get-ready-for-reality-grounded-white-house-press-briefings\/2021\/01\/18\/43eb1d3c-58eb-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html\"><span>went with<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201cGet ready for reality-grounded White House press briefings,\u201d in the first few days of the Biden administration. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jan\/20\/biden-press-briefing-jen-psaki-white-house-secretary\">Guardian<\/a>? \u201cJen Psaki\u2019s first White house press briefing heralds return to normality,\u201d published on Inauguration day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This normality is a system where difficult questions are scorned, Democrats are celebrated as authorities without evidence, and truthfulness is assumed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media coordination and collusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>After four years of close coordination and collusion between the legacy media infrastructure and the Democratic party, the focus has now shifted to keeping Biden in power beneath glowing reports of his competence. For this to be achieved, the legacy media are engaging in a three-part strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Firstly, press briefings are now an opportunity to share empty, meaningless, and sycophantic questions of embarrassing proportions. Just in the first few weeks of the Biden administration, we have witnessed multiple pearls of journalistic inventiveness. \u201cOn a lighter note, will [President Biden] keep Donald Trump\u2019s Air Force One color scheme change?\u201d Selecting<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/press-secretary-reveals-bidens-favorite-ice-cream-flavor\"><span>questions<\/span><\/a> <span>from Twitter users, Psaki was sure to address the issues that mattered, such as \u201cPresident Biden is a big ice cream fan, so: does that giant freezer full of ice cream really exist?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Secondly, Biden\u2019s press team are reportedly asking for questions in advance of briefings. In an exclusive story from the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/white-house-reporters-say-biden-team-asked-them-for-questions-in-advance\"><span>Daily Beast<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cAccording to three sources with knowledge of the matter, as well as written communications reviewed by The Daily Beast, the new president\u2019s communications staff have already on occasion probed reporters to see what questions they plan on asking new White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki when called upon during briefings.\u201d After all, it\u2019s easy to push propaganda if you can prepare your answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lastly, having achieved their goal of placing a Democrat in the White House, many in the legacy media have signaled their intention to ignore Psaki and the Biden administration completely. This strange act of career-suicide is not unlike a worker bee who has performed its task and now happily shrinks away, with CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2021\/01\/24\/biden-white-house-news-cycle-stelter-fauci-rs-vpx.cnn\"><span>announcing<\/span><\/a> <span>his four year vacation plans by asking \u201cIs Biden making the news boring again?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Evasion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>In a moment of instant meme-fodder, Jen Psaki demonstrated her core strategy when asked difficult, problematic, or presumably unexpected questions: evasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the form of a corporate slogan, \u201cI\u2019ll circle back,\u201d the internet is buzzing with montages of her promise to get back to journalists while avoiding the question.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jen Psaki loves to &#8220;circle back.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkDeVMvhJE\">pic.twitter.com\/jkDeVMvhJE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1356011366855954432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Only after waves of legitimate criticism, Psaki deigned to \u201cactually\u201d circle back, saying that \u201cI hate to disappoint conservative Twitter,\u201d gleefully reading a prepared answer to a previous question.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jen Psaki circles back: \u2018I often note, \u2018I\u2019m going to circle back\u2019 \u2014&nbsp;I hate to disappoint conservative Twitter, but I\u2019m going to circle back on a number of things\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HD88LVNxi5\">pic.twitter.com\/HD88LVNxi5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1356417804258410499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Fellow Leftists were also delighted to use the phrase \u201ccircle back\u201d in their apparent roles as objective journalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This &#8220;circle back&#8221; thing has extended to the liberal press corps as a point of mocking conservatives and defending their bestie Jen Psaki.<\/p>\n<p>Here was NBC&#8217;s Geoff Bennett invoking &#8220;circle back&#8221; and playfully asking if he can use the term himself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xjvbKCpCAo\">pic.twitter.com\/xjvbKCpCAo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1356303030648451072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Of course, let\u2019s not forget that Psaki prefixes every answer and non-answer with \u201cthat\u2019s a good question,\u201d as if the press briefing is a middle school classroom filled with students clamoring for validation. In many ways, such a characterization is quite apt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ineptitude&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Finally, and perhaps most alarmingly, Psaki has already demonstrated a shocking inability to convey an understanding of breaking events or issues of importance unless she has been warned in advance by the media or has a written response prepared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As GameStop stock prices soared amid a once-in-a-generation market event, Psaki\u2019s only thought on the subject was that Treasury Secretary Yellen was female.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House\u2019s economic team, including Treasury Sec. Yellen, is monitoring the Reddit-stock market drama that sent GameStop, AMC, and Blockbuster prices soaring <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/64CG6BlWAM\">pic.twitter.com\/64CG6BlWAM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1354495771563929600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>When asked a serious question about Biden\u2019s plans regarding Space Force, Psaki\u2019s response was to mock the journalist. \u201cWow! SpaceForce! It\u2019s the plane of today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My goodness, I miss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayleighmcenany?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kayleighmcenany<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kktiM6KJ41\">pic.twitter.com\/kktiM6KJ41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian G Haworth (@ighaworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\/status\/1356832006177316866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In conclusion, we can expect many things from Jen Psaki and Biden\u2019s press team, but fact-based transparency and truth are not among them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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