{"id":1201626,"date":"2022-01-09T11:04:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T16:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1201626"},"modified":"2022-01-09T11:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T16:04:43","slug":"unaccountable-joe-bidens-first-year-marked-by-fleeing-news-conferences-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unaccountable-joe-bidens-first-year-marked-by-fleeing-news-conferences-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Unaccountable: Joe Biden&#039;s First Year Marked by Fleeing News Conferences, Interviews"},"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\">22<\/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%2Funaccountable-joe-bidens-first-year-marked-by-fleeing-news-conferences-interviews%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=1201626&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 class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden will mark the end of his first 12 months in office with the singular record of holding&nbsp;fewer news conferences than any of his five immediate predecessors at the equivalent point in their tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of public scrutiny is reflected in abysmal personal approval ratings that have sunk to levels never before seen by other recent Oval Office inhabitants, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/joe-bidens-job-approval-crashes-35-percent\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/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>According to figures <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-entertainment-health-media-ce99c9856653c3e292be3dd0438e3855\">compiled<\/a> by the Associated Press (AP),&nbsp;Biden has done just 22 media interviews, fewer than any of his six most recent White House predecessors at the same mark in their respective presidencies.<\/p>\n<p>The 46th president has held just nine formal news conferences \u2014 six solo and three jointly with visiting foreign leaders \u2013 drawing accusations that fleeing scrutiny shines a light on Biden\u2019s inability to grasp the detail required for the highest office in the land.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A plurality of registered voters think President Joe Biden is not \u201cmentally fit,\u201d while only 40 percent believe he \u201cis in good health,\u201d a Politico\/Morning Consult poll revealed Wednesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mFcA4zNUAG\">https:\/\/t.co\/mFcA4zNUAG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1461031321682296842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ronald Reagan, whose schedule was scaled back early in his first term after he recovered after a failed assassination attempt, is the only recent president to hold fewer press conferences during his first year in office. Reagan did 59 interviews in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump did 92 interviews in his first year in office with a variety of outlets including lengthy sessions with ABC News, AP, the <em>New York Times<\/em>, and Reuters \u2013 to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>AP reports&nbsp;Biden\u2019s 22 media interviews have included one-on-one sessions with journalists at three of the major television networks, two CNN town halls, an appearance on MSNBC, a trio of regional television interviews via Zoom, as well as conversations with late night host Jimmy Fallon and ESPN\u2019S Sage Steele.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s given just three print interviews.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19416618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1357522290.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19416618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1357522290-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden pauses to answer a shouted question before leaving the East Room at the White House on December 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-204 Component-p-0-2-195\">The White House has fielded requests from media outlets \u2014 and complaints from the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association \u2014 for Biden to be more accountable and do more one-on-one media exchanges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-204 Component-p-0-2-195\">White House press secretary Jen Psaki rejected accusations Biden has a bunker mentality, countering that journalists do not need an&nbsp; \u201cembroidered cushion\u201d to engage Biden because he has not shied away from taking questions on the run from reporters at public events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-204 Component-p-0-2-195\">Many media operatives say shouted question and answer sessions are simply not enough to gain an insight into major issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden to reporters: &#8220;I\u2019m not supposed to be answering all these questions. I\u2019m supposed to leave.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eCJJGpnr1r\">https:\/\/t.co\/eCJJGpnr1r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1392839245895712769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFleeting exchanges are insufficient to building the historical record of the president\u2019s views on a broad array of public concerns. We have had scant opportunities in this first year to learn the president\u2019s views on a broad range of public concerns,\u201d said Steven Portnoy, president of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association and a reporter for CBS New Radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more formal the exchange with the press, the more the public is apt to learn about what\u2019s on the man\u2019s mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president has answered questions at 55 percent of events where he\u2019s delivered remarks or an address during his first year in office, more than even two of the more approachable presidents, Bill Clinton (48 percent) and Trump (41 percent).<\/p>\n<p><em>AP contributed to this story<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden will mark the end of his first 12 months in office with the singular record of holding\u00a0fewer news conferences than any of his five immediate predecessors at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1201626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}