{"id":319743,"date":"2021-03-26T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=319743"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:00:31","slug":"biden-excels-displays-mastery-of-the-issues-legacy-media-applauds-the-train-wreck-that-was-bidens-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-excels-displays-mastery-of-the-issues-legacy-media-applauds-the-train-wreck-that-was-bidens-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Biden Excels\u2019, Displays \u2018Mastery Of The Issues\u2019: Legacy Media Applauds The Train-Wreck That Was Biden\u2019s Press Conference"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fbiden-excels-displays-mastery-of-the-issues-legacy-media-applauds-the-train-wreck-that-was-bidens-press-conference%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=319743&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\/03\/fb_image-3799.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>As the Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fact-checking-bidens-disastrous-first-press-conference\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cOn Thursday, after going his first two months in office without holding a press conference \u2014 the longest streak in modern U.S. history \u2014 Joe Biden finally answered questions from reporters in the White House.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBiden first delivered a short speech celebrating his administration\u2019s achievements regarding COVID-19, before calling on pre-selected members of the press to field various questions,\u201d the Daily Wire added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden\u2019s first press conference was an unmitigated disaster, with the President oscillating between blatant falsehoods, vocal outbursts, and strange rants which often trailed off into silence after he seemed to forget what he was saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Certain members of the media, however, preferred to stand by the Democratic Party leader. Here are some of the most ridiculous acts of propagandizing nonsense from the legacy media in response to Biden\u2019s calamitous press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/03\/25\/biden-excels-his-first-news-conference-media-embarrass-themselves\/\"><b>The Washington Post<\/b><\/a><b> \u2014 \u201cBiden excels at his first news conference. The media embarrass themselves.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>To be fair, \u201cconservative\u201d Jennifer Rubin is half correct \u2014 this conclusion is embarrassing. Throughout her bizarre opinion piece, Rubin parroted Biden\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fact-checking-bidens-disastrous-first-press-conference\"><span>falsehoods<\/span><\/a><span> regarding border crossings, saying \u201cHe pointed out that there was a higher surge under his predecessor last spring, which certainly was not because migrants believed the former president was a \u2018nice\u2019 guy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rubin applauded Biden\u2019s answers to media questions, writing \u201cIn his lengthy responses to questions on the border, he showed his skill in de-escalating issues.\u201d Indeed, Rubin repeated her celebration of Biden\u2019s abilities, saying \u201cBiden spoke in great detail and length to show not only his mastery of the issues but also to suck tension and conflict out of the room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To conclude, Rubin even criticized the media\u2019s failure to ask the questions she deemed necessary, adding \u201cTheir failure to ask about the pandemic, the recession, anti-Asian violence, climate change or even infrastructure (Biden had to bring it up himself) was nothing short of irresponsible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/03\/25\/bidens-news-conference-was-pretty-boring-thats-just-fine\/\"><b>The Washington Post<\/b><\/a><b> \u2014 \u201cThe most impressive part of Biden\u2019s news conference? He has a plan and is sticking to it.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In this opinion column by Gary Abernathy, the tone was less celebratory than that of Rubin\u2019s, but it did conclude that Biden\u2019s performance was worth adulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut overall, Biden was good. He called on about 10 or 11 reporters and held forth for an hour or so. His habit of trailing off mid-thought is probably more an indication of deciding not to say something than of losing his train of thought. At least, that\u2019s the benefit of the doubt we should give him for now,\u201d Abernathy wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf anything, Thursday\u2019s long-anticipated news conference was pretty dry and boring. If he does it only once in a blue moon, that will probably be just fine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5950386\/joe-biden-first-press-conference-president\/\"><b>Time Magazine<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<b>\u2014<\/b><b> \u201cJoe Biden Proved a Press Conference Doesn\u2019t Have to Be a Spectacle\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In a similar manner to Abernathy\u2019s column, Philip Elliott attempted to move the goalposts of success for Biden, judging any performance which doesn\u2019t end in all-out war as a win for the Biden administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere were no stunts or name calling. \u2018Fake News\u2019 was never hurled around, nor were personal insults the flavor of the day. The closest thing we got to a cliff-hanger at President Joe Biden\u2019s first full press conference on Thursday was that he would have more details about his infrastructure plans when he visits Pittsburgh. The most glaring error of fact was on that last point: Biden said he\u2019d be traveling to Pittsburgh on Friday when the White House had it on the schedule for Wednesday,\u201d Elliott wrote, making the ridiculous claim that Biden\u2019s \u201cmost glaring error\u201d was a simple schedule change, and not that he pulled multiple statistics regarding the border crisis out of thin air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Elliott applauded Biden\u2019s \u201ccommand of the facts\u201d again, despite Biden\u2019s multiple fact-checked falsehoods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhere Trump glossed over details and promised plans that never materialized, Biden had a command of the facts and, at times, excused himself for going into too much detail,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There was also a heavy dose of overly-good-faith-editorialization we have come to expect from the legacy media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBiden took follow-up questions, asked if reporters were getting what they needed. He checked his watch so as not to keep his audience too long. He was at the podium for an hour and two minutes,\u201d Elliott added, assuming that Biden\u2019s glance at his watch was because he cared about his audience, rather than his nap time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/3\/25\/22350939\/biden-press-conference-fox-news-snubbed\"><b>Vox<\/b><\/a><b> \u2014 \u201cFox News\u2019s coverage of Biden\u2019s press conference was hilariously petty\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Fresh off his social media collapse after appearing to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/03\/19\/aaron-robert-long-spa-killer-atlanta-jay-baker-cop-bad-day\/\"><span>mischaracterize<\/span><\/a><span> the words of a police captain in Atlanta, Vox\u2019s Aaron Rupar attempted to construct a \u201cgotcha\u201d narrative against Fox News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After his irrelevant and nonsensical \u201cattack\u201d on Fox News\u2019 reporting on the number of press conferences provided by Biden, Rupar then provided some added commentary on Biden\u2019s performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut the press conference will make it tougher for the network to insinuate that Biden is hiding something. His responses to questions were largely coherent and thorough \u2014 undercutting <\/span><span>claims<\/span><span> Sean Hannity has been making on a nightly basis about Biden hiding because he\u2019s in decline,\u201d Rupar wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLargely coherent and thorough\u201d is delightfully subjective, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/biden-press-conference\/\"><b>The Nation<\/b><\/a><b> \u2014 \u201cBiden Meets, and Defeats, the Press\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Writing for The Nation, Joan Walsh claimed that the press conference was indeed a disaster\u2026for the White House press corps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPredictably, and fairly, Biden faced multiple questions about the so-called \u2018crisis\u2019 at the border. But he fended off several odd queries about whether somehow his reputation for decency was attracting more migrants. He answered, correctly, that the surge is a seasonal thing,\u201d Walsh wrote, also parroting the fact-checked falsehood regarding border crossings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Later, Walsh commended Biden for handling \u201cloaded questions with moral passion and clarity,\u201d and then concluded that the lack of questions on COVID-19 proved that \u201che\u2019s handling it well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Finally, Walsh wrote that \u201cI give his first press conference delivery equally high marks \u2014 and I hope the White House press corps tries to rise to the level of his performance, because that was a shit show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Daily Wire reported, \u201cOn Thursday, after going his first two months in office without holding a press conference \u2014 the longest streak in modern U.S. history \u2014 Joe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311214,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3799.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Biden Excels\u2019, Displays \u2018Mastery Of The Issues\u2019: Legacy Media Applauds The Train-Wreck That Was Biden\u2019s Press Conference","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3799.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Biden Excels\u2019, Displays \u2018Mastery Of The Issues\u2019: Legacy Media Applauds The Train-Wreck That Was Biden\u2019s Press Conference","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319743","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}