{"id":899613,"date":"2021-10-19T21:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T01:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=899613"},"modified":"2021-10-19T21:28:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T01:28:47","slug":"psakis-fresh-lie-about-biden-throws-presidents-media-aversion-into-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psakis-fresh-lie-about-biden-throws-presidents-media-aversion-into-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki\u2019s Fresh Lie About Biden Throws President\u2019s Media Aversion Into The Spotlight"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpsakis-fresh-lie-about-biden-throws-presidents-media-aversion-into-the-spotlight%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=899613&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><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday that President Joe Biden\u2019s administration always worked to get the press \u201cmore access,\u201d but their actions have told a different story.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki, addressing a question about press access when President Biden meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, claimed that Biden\u2019s ability to take questions on foreign trips often depended on the rules set forth by the host country.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/22\/biden-white-house-psaki-press-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: White House Press Corps Pushes Psaki On Why Biden Won\u2019t Take Questions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften, it is the conditions or the \u2013 of what that country or what that entity proposes, and we always work for more access, we always fight for more access as we travel around the world,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<p>But in practice, the Biden administration \u2014 and the president himself \u2014 appears to avoid the press at every turn.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5876288659794\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Number of Anderson Cooper town halls as President: 2<\/p>\n<p>Number of sit downs w\/ WSJ, NYT, or Wapo reporters (not columnists): 0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBRZGPvDve\">https:\/\/t.co\/EBRZGPvDve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1450222736119373830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.96\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markknoller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@markknoller<\/a> may have an updated count but Biden had done a fraction of the interviews that Trump or Obama had done at this point in their presidencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlAhwhJUWA\">https:\/\/t.co\/VlAhwhJUWA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1450223324643069956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.0285714285714\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Or Fox News \u2014 we ask all the time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jz12ILLrTL\">https:\/\/t.co\/jz12ILLrTL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bret Baier (@BretBaier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BretBaier\/status\/1450231338984882176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And the trend has been going on for months. When Biden has given public statements, he has often walked away without taking any questions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.4925373134328\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden departs his supply chain briefing taking no questions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y4OJ5H4eMq\">pic.twitter.com\/Y4OJ5H4eMq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1448367257634152450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.395189003436\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden addresses supply chain issue in scripted remarks. Leaves without taking one question. Again. His handlers simply won\u2019t allow it, and it speaks volumes he doesn\u2019t have the confidence in his own arguments not to override them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeConchaTV\/status\/1448368230041542657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.5612903225806\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden takes no questions again today after speaking about vaccinations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ahNhzOC1Ja\">pic.twitter.com\/ahNhzOC1Ja<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1448696603095801859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.8894472361809\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden walks away as reporters shout questions about the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke less than seven minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9DiDEJdfby\">pic.twitter.com\/9DiDEJdfby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliespiering\/status\/1448695945156304903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even during the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden appeared to avoid interviews and refused to answer questions about major issues like court-packing, saying only that he would answer the question after he became elected president.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern continued into the presidency despite Communication Director Kate Bedingfield\u2019s insistence that the president \u201cnever shies away from taking questions,\u201d frustrating members of the White House Press Corps when he refused to field questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/29\/biden-refuses-questions-afghanistan-fema-hurricane-ida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afghanistan<\/a> and failed to give regular <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/22\/biden-white-house-psaki-press-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s aides even shouted down members of the Press Corps when they tried to direct questions at Biden after British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/21\/joe-biden-aides-shout-down-reporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boris Johnson<\/a> took a few questions during a White House meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday that President Joe Biden\u2019s administration always worked to get the press \u201cmore access,\u201d but their actions have told a different story.Psaki, addressing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-899613","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\/899613","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=899613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899613\/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=899613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}