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Jill Biden’s Ex-Press Secretary Explains How Biden White House Bullied ‘A Lot of Journalists’: They Demanded Pre-Screened Questions and ‘Quote Approval’
mediaite.com ^ | March 25, 2025 | Isaac Schorr

Posted on 03/25/2025 5:25:23 PM PDT by ransomnote

Michael LaRosa, the former press secretary for First Lady Jill Biden, explained to The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur how the Biden administration bullied “a lot of journalists” in a newly released interview.

LaRosa made waves last month when he told an audience that the Biden campaign was guilty of “gaslighting” the public over then-President Joe Biden’s age and political standing last year. And he doubled down during his conversation with Uygur.

The ex-staffer said that the Biden team acted like it was operating “out of a bunker” from the moment its principal took the oath of office in 2021, which he professed not to understand because there was “so much goodwill” toward it from the press.

“They did bully a lot of journalists, and I think they would tell you that now. They wouldn’t have told you at the time,” said LaRosa.

“How do you bully the press?” asked Uygur. “What do you threaten?”


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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: biden; cenekuygur; coverup; fjb; gaslighting; jillbiden; media; michaellarosa; qanon; youngturks
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1 posted on 03/25/2025 5:25:23 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Bullies bullying bullies, nice!


2 posted on 03/25/2025 5:27:20 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: ransomnote

And the lapdog media went along with it because their hate for the Orange Man was more powerful than reporting the truth. If I didn’t know better I would think the “news” people are slightly biased.


3 posted on 03/25/2025 5:30:54 PM PDT by shelterguy
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Bkmk


4 posted on 03/25/2025 5:35:18 PM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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“Demanded”. Bullcrap... the vile POS enemedia scum were willing accomplices and enablers.
5 posted on 03/25/2025 5:37:43 PM PDT by Common Sense 101
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“They did bully a lot of journalists"

And the journalists loved it!

Now Trump is in there, providing wonderful access, lots of press conferences, long, juicy, detailed answers -- and the journalists hate his guts and are trying desperately to destroy him.

Biden's team understood what scum the journalists are, and treated them appropriately.

6 posted on 03/25/2025 5:40:06 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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Exactly right. The vast majority of legacy media "journalists" didn't want to do anything that might hurt Biden and help Trump, so they knowingly misrepresented the truth. Lied to the public to steer public opinion in the desired direction.
7 posted on 03/25/2025 5:40:51 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: ransomnote

Nothing new here and I doubt the majority of the people that repeat what they’re told to say (left wing media) had a problem, just one less thing they’d have to think to do on their own.


8 posted on 03/25/2025 5:41:32 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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This story was in the NY Times ..... Oh wait- fuget about it.


9 posted on 03/25/2025 5:42:14 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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Now coming out b/c Jao Bai Dan is attempting a comeback given the power vacuum on the Democrat side. Media sending message to Jao Bai Dan and minions- not gonna have puff pieces anymore


10 posted on 03/25/2025 5:42:15 PM PDT by slapshot ( GOPE republipussies are more dangerous than deranged progressives.)
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Now coming out b/c Jao Bai Dan is attempting a comeback given the power vacuum on the Democrat side. Media sending message to Jao Bai Dan and minions- not gonna have puff pieces anymore


11 posted on 03/25/2025 5:42:45 PM PDT by slapshot ( GOPE republipussies are more dangerous than deranged progressives.)
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The Democrat Party has become unrelentingly Stalinist.


12 posted on 03/25/2025 5:43:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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And I don’t recall the MSM complaining about this at all. After all, Old Joe was their guy and had to be defended and protected at all costs.


13 posted on 03/25/2025 5:50:47 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Mark
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Jill Biden’s Ex-Press Secretary Explains How Biden White House Bullied ‘A Lot of Journalists’: They Demanded Pre-Screened Questions and ‘Quote Approval’, Mark wrote:

This story was in the NY Times ..... Oh wait- fuget about it.

Why hold out for the New York Times? When they do publish, it's lies about Trump.

This article includes the video of Michael LaRosa, the former press secretary for First Lady Jill Biden, explaining to The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur how the Biden administration bullied “a lot of journalists”. He said what he said.

https://youtu.be/WPayb4aE2I4


14 posted on 03/25/2025 5:51:56 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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The Biden era was one big crazy psyops that blew trillions and ushered 15 million illegal aliens into America. Kamala incoherent babbler would have been more of the same.


15 posted on 03/25/2025 5:53:26 PM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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There should be many prosecutions. Maybe there will be.


16 posted on 03/25/2025 5:56:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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gossip going around the Biden at the show they went to was a double. Certainly seemed like a different Biden in terms of brain function and body function


17 posted on 03/25/2025 5:56:58 PM PDT by RummyChick
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It wasn’t just Trump, this nation dodged a bullet. Kampala and media would have been horrifying


18 posted on 03/25/2025 5:57:09 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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And they complied...........................


19 posted on 03/25/2025 5:59:11 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ransomnote

Even at the elite level, the news media and reporters are a pack of frauds.


20 posted on 03/25/2025 6:10:09 PM PDT by Rockingham
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