Biden's frustration with the media boils over [View all]

Source: The Hill

02/25/24 6:00 AM ET


Months out from November’s high-stakes election, the White House and the Biden campaign are going public with growing frustration over how the president is being portrayed in the media. Biden’s camp is taking swings over press coverage of the incumbent as his reelection bid fends off persistent concerns about whether the 81-year-old is fit for another four years in the Oval Office.

Democrats have been sensitive to media coverage of former President Donald Trump compared to their own candidates dating back to the 2016 campaign, when critics argued the press overhyped the controversy around then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server while giving Trump significant, unfiltered airtime.

Now, some Biden allies see a similar pattern playing out where reporters fixate on the president’s periodic verbal slips and questions about his age while his likely November opponent faces dozens of felonies and suggests he would undermine international alliances, crackdown on immigrants and abortion access.

The president’s personal attorney this week penned an op-ed criticizing coverage of a special counsel report that commented on Biden’s recall, and The New York Times’ publisher said in a recent interview that the White House is “extremely upset” about reporting on Biden’s age. “The more this campaign and the more this White House takes the gloves off and gets aggressive, the better off they are,” said Democratic strategist Jon Reinish.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4485566-joe-biden-donald-trump-media-frustration/