Posted on 11/23/2022 3:28:54 PM PST by lowbridge
The White House’s game-playing over media access to first granddaughter Naomi Biden’s wedding this past weekend has been too much for some reporters to take — with one Washington Post scribe comparing the administration to Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump.
WaPo national correspondent Ashley Parker was one of several journalists to express outrage after the press was locked out of Naomi Biden’s “private” wedding — only for Vogue to publish a photo spread of the blushing 28-year-old bride alongside first lady Jill Biden on Tuesday.
“I had reporting in [October] about Vogue being tapped to cover this and I was waved off,” groused New York Times correspondent Katie Rogers. “Official explanation is that Vogue wasn’t there the day of. Loophole = the family staged a ‘wedding at the WH’ shoot beforehand. ‘Private’ per @PressSec = not for the White House press corps.”
“I spent four years covering the Trump WH and two years covering the Biden WH,” Parker tweeted in response to Rogers. “What’s fascinating is that they both lie, albeit in [very] different ways. Trump team was shameless, whereas Biden team is too cute by half.”
Jean-Pierre addressed the Vogue controversy on Tuesday, denying the outlet was given exclusive access to the ceremony.
“Vogue did not attend the wedding … there was no press access,” Jean-Pierre insisted. “Vogue did a portrait shoot on Thursday afternoon” and “embargoed it until today to give ample time for the photos to be in the public sphere.”
Still, Parker doubled down and claimed it wasn’t the first lie told by the Biden administration.
“TO BE CLEAR: Not all lies are created equal and the magnitude, frequency and audacity is certainly different. But the Biden WH, for ex, has also waived [sic] us off correct reporting about Biden’s
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News flash - President Retard lies about *everything*
Go back to sleep now
She is butthurt cause she didn’t get to write the slobbering puff piece.
Grifters Gotta Grift!
Aint it the truth?
If you’re looking through the pictures posted, they’re comparing Naomi (as a Bride) to Kate Middleton and Grace Kelly, LOL!
Not in a million years.
I hear crackhead Hunter Biden is sub-leasing the Lincoln Bedroom to the Chinese lobbyist.
Democrats lie.<——— notice the period. This is not a shocking revelation for people who’ve been paying attention.
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