{"id":949271,"date":"2021-11-01T11:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=949271"},"modified":"2021-11-01T11:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T15:44:33","slug":"im-told-i-should-start-with-ap-biden-says-during-rome-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-told-i-should-start-with-ap-biden-says-during-rome-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Told I Should Start With AP,\u2019 Biden Says During Rome 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\">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%2Fim-told-i-should-start-with-ap-biden-says-during-rome-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=949271&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>President Joe Biden, who was elected nearly a year ago, hasn\u2019t done a lot of press conferences, but when he does, he nearly always reveals that he has a list of preferred reporters on whom to call for queries.<\/p>\n<p>During his only presser in Rome after the G20 summit on Sunday, Biden appeared to once again be using a \u201ccheat sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now I\u2019m happy to take some questions. And I\u2019m told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller,\u201d he said, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-tells-press-after-g20-summit-rome-im-told-to-start-with-ap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> posted by Fox News. \u201cZeke, you have a question?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At G20 Summit, Joe Biden takes questions, but only from a pre-approved list of reporters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KFcqw10YJ9\">pic.twitter.com\/KFcqw10YJ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1454898143909203977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the Q&amp;A, Biden said, \u201cNext question was from Jeff Mason \u2014 for Jeff Mason of Reuters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden then went to reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post and ABC News before running out the clock with a lengthy, rambling answer to the last question. The press conference ran just 26 minutes \u2014 pressers with former President Donald Trump would often run up to 90 minutes and more.<\/p>\n<p>The president, who turns 79 this month, often divulges that he has been instructed to call on certain reporters, as he did after a June summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take your questions, and as usual, folks, they gave me a list of the people I\u2019m going to call on,\u201d Biden told reporters at the time. In April, he implied that he\u2019s really not in charge of his own time. \u201cThis is the last question I\u2019ll take, and I\u2019m really gonna be in trouble,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has also been photographed holding a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/25\/biden-used-cheat-sheet-during-his-first-press-conference\/\">chart<\/a> with the names \u2014 and even the faces \u2014 of reporters, along with a number to signify in which order he should call on them.<\/p>\n<p>In August, amid a disastrous pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan \u2014 which resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members and left hundreds of U.S. citizens stranded in the country \u2014 Biden dodged the media for days before addressing the nation. At the end of his speech, he said: \u201cLadies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThe first person I was instructed to call on [is] Kelly O\u2019Donnell of NBC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other times Biden simply refuses to take questions. After Biden held a brief event in August to update the nation on incoming Hurricane Ida,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden, who was elected nearly a year ago, hasn\u2019t done a lot of press conferences, but when he does, he nearly always reveals that he has a list of preferred reporters on whom to call for queries.During his only presser in Rome after the G20 summit on Sunday, Biden appeared to once again be using a \u201ccheat sheet.\u201d\u201cAnd now I\u2019m happy to take some questions. And I\u2019m told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller,\u201d he said, according to a video posted by Fox News. \u201cZeke, you have a question?\u201dAt G20 Summit, Joe Biden takes questions, but only from a pre-approved list of reporters. pic.twitter.com\/KFcqw10YJ9\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 31, 2021After the Q&#038;A, Biden said, \u201cNext question was from Jeff Mason \u2014 for Jeff Mason of Reuters.\u201dBiden then went to reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post and ABC News before running out the clock with a lengthy, rambling answer to the last question. The press conference ran just 26 minutes \u2014 pressers with former President Donald Trump would often run up to 90 minutes and more.The president, who turns 79 this month, often divulges that he has been instructed to call on certain reporters, as he did after a June summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland.\u201cI\u2019ll take your questions, and as usual, folks, they gave me a list of the people I\u2019m going to call on,\u201d Biden told reporters at the time. In April, he implied that he\u2019s really not in charge of his own time. \u201cThis is the last question I\u2019ll take, and I\u2019m really gonna be in trouble,\u201d he said.Biden has also been photographed holding a chart with the names \u2014 and even the faces \u2014 of reporters, along with a number to signify in which order he should call on them.In August, amid a disastrous pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan \u2014 which resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members and left hundreds of U.S. citizens stranded in the country \u2014 Biden dodged the media for days before addressing the nation. At the end of his speech, he said: \u201cLadies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThe first person I was instructed to call on [is] Kelly O\u2019Donnell of NBC.\u201dOther times Biden simply refuses to take questions. After Biden held a brief event in August to update the nation on incoming Hurricane Ida, reporters did what reporters do: Shout questions.\u201cI\u2019m not supposed to take any questions, but go ahead,\u201d he\u00a0said. Bloomberg News reporter Jennifer Jacobs tried anyway. \u201cMr. President, on Afghanistan\u2013\u201d she began before he cut her off.\u201cI\u2019m not going to answer Afghanistan now,\u201d\u00a0Biden\u00a0said.Biden also calls often on supportive media, including The Associated Press, The Washington Post, NBC News, Reuters, and Bloomberg News.When Fox News in January asked about the president\u2019s preference for friendly media, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said: \u201cIn an effort to make sure we are rotating through reporters in the pool, the president took questions from wire reporters, one print outlet and a few network correspondents today and will look forward to taking additional questions again soon.\u201dThe 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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