{"id":1184766,"date":"2022-01-03T20:05:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T01:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184766"},"modified":"2022-01-03T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T01:05:20","slug":"media-access-to-joe-biden-reduced-amid-omicron-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-access-to-joe-biden-reduced-amid-omicron-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Access to Joe Biden Reduced amid Omicron Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fmedia-access-to-joe-biden-reduced-amid-omicron-chaos%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=1184766&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\/2022\/01\/Bid-Press-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The White House on Sunday reduced media access to the press briefing room after President Biden was unable to shut down the delta or omicron variants in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1477811835265036293?s=20\">avoided<\/a> addressing the American people about the coronavirus \u2014 or anything else \u2014 via a press conference for 62 days, the board of the White House&nbsp;Correspondents Association (WCHA) <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/587951-whca-temporarily-limits-briefing-room-capacity-amid-covid-19-surge\">voted<\/a>&nbsp;over the weekend to revert to the summer\u2019s 14-spot seating arrangement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The reduction of media presence at daily press briefings will likely negatively impact non-establishment media outlets the most. In recent months, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has been questioned about the deadly Afghan withdrawal, 40-year-high inflation, the supply chain crisis, and the coronavirus surge.<\/p>\n<p>Association president Steve Portnoy emailed the news of the reduced accessibility to the organization\u2019s members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the virulence of the spread, medical experts have once again advised that it would be prudent to substantially reduce the number of people working in the cramped, poorly ventilated workspace that we share,\u201d Portnoy wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Press now have even less access to the least accessible White House in modern history\u2026 \ud83d\ude44 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydQd9Sz0RZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ydQd9Sz0RZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NathanBrandWA\/status\/1477811539746955264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reduction of media access to the White House comes as Biden has skipped holding a press conference for 62 days, according to the Republican National Committee\u2019s research team.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s last press conference was on November 2, RNC Research tweeted. That was before the omicron chaos broke out upon the nation. In the year prior, Biden had promised more than ten times that he would shut down the virus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden hasn\u2019t held a press conference since November 2 \u2014 61 days ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1477811835265036293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During Biden\u2019s November 2 press conference, he <a href=\"https:\/\/presslasvegas.com\/news\/usnews\/im-in-trouble-biden-reveals-granddaughter-works-for-mike-bloomberg\/\">disclosed<\/a>&nbsp;his granddaughter worked for billionaire and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, suggesting he would be \u201cin trouble\u201d for revealing the inner web of the Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcuse me. I beg your pardon,\u201d Biden said to a Bloomberg reporter. \u201cI hope \u2014 I got it. I got it, especially since my granddaughter works for you guys. In a different circumstance. So I got it. I\u2019m in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unknown with whom Biden was \u201cin trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House on Sunday reduced media access to the press briefing room after President Biden was unable to shut down the delta or omicron variants in 2021. 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