Posted on 09/02/2022 9:58:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
Mainstream media reporters called out President Joe Biden on Thursday after the tone of his speech contradicted what officials had promised.
The White House, however, did not appreciate the accountability.
What did the WH promise? White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked directly whether Biden’s speech would be “political,” and she denied that it would be.
“No, it’s not a political speech,” Jean-Pierre said. “This is an opportunity, again, for the president to directly have a conversation with the American people.”
Reporters, however, appeared not to buy what she was selling, because they repeatedly asked Jean-Pierre how the speech would not be political if Biden would confront “MAGA Republicans” and the threat he believes they pose to American democracy.
What did reporters say? During Biden’s controversial speech, reporters noted how, in fact, Biden’s speech was entirely political.
“‘Good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from,’ @POTUS says about protesters at his speech, in which he accused former President Trump and ‘MAGA Republicans’ of threatening the foundation of U.S. democracy. The White House said earlier today the speech was not political,” Reuters reporter Jeff Mason noted.
CBS News reporter Ed O’Keefe, meanwhile, noted the highly partisan optics of Biden’s speech.
“Like or loathe what he said tonight, it should be noted: The president spoke tonight on the grounds of a national park, flanked by US Marines, and took direct, specific aim at his predecessor and members of the Republican Party,” O’Keefe noted. “Another thing we don’t see everyday.”
CNN anchor Brianna Keilar was also heavily critical of Biden.
“Whatever you think of this speech the military is supposed to be apolitical. Positioning Marines in uniform behind President Biden for a political speech flies in the face of that,” she tweeted. “It’s wrong when Democrats do it. It’s wrong when Republicans do it.”
How did WH respond? Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates directly responded to each of the journalists, using reporting examples from each respective news outlet to deny that Biden’s speech was overly political.
“Except it’s not political. In the same way CNN isn’t political but has made the same warnings,” Bates told Keilar, pointing to CNN stories in which the outlet connected the fight for democracy and Trump supporters.
In response to O’Keefe and Mason, Bates pointed to three CBS News stories and three Reuters stories.
The stories, however, are not comparable to what Biden said. Yes, they may be of similar content, but the criticism of Biden’s speech stems from exactly what Mason observed, namely the White House said it would not be “political” — and yet it was.
she just said that ending with vote vote vote wasn’t political https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ8-EjMYRaU
biden having to walk back his Hellfire and Brimstone speech
https://twitter.com/MatthewFoldi/status/1565743012529029121
These bozos are trying to show their moral superiority by coitizing the speech content vs what the idiot WH spokesperson said it would be.
How about calling out the disturbing substance of what he said. The talk should be about impeaching Biden or at least tossing him out under the 25th.
Biden is a crazed lunatic.
Could any military FReeper answer a question for me.....how usual is it to have a military person stand at attention and hold a salute for 25 minutes??
he’s not walking it back, he didn’t even know what he was saying last night since those words were put in front of him and he was told to read out loud while he was on a ton of drugs to keep him awake.
this is the point. Biden is a puppet.
Sobering meme.
Jeanne-Pierre either knew what the content of the speech was and lied her sorry butt off or is too stupid to realize what it actually said. Chomo Joe is already lying about it. The MSM are squawking in the Twitterverse but temporizing in broadcasts. And anyone who didn’t think the thing outrageously political needs his head examined.
The irony is delicious. DBM have spilled endless ink ridiculing and defaming conservatives, then complain when Brandon does it, then get quoted by Brandon. However, any spec of shame that would appear on either is quickly brushed off so the parasitic co-dependence can resume.
The mediapukes knew! That’s why CBS NBC ABC if I read it right did not telecast the speech. Am I correct? I did not watch the speech so I could not tell you. But if they didn’t carry his hitler speech live that means the mediavomits had a copy of the hateful black demonic FJB speech! They gave the vegetable cover!
Whatever he says is never political, because his opinions are always the unquestionable truth, according to his exalted self. “Political” applies to everyone who disagrees with him about anything.
Technically the military shouldn’t have even been there to begin with.
Extremely....................
Extremely usual or extremely unusual?
So we are supposed believe the networks thought Biden was giving a legitimate non political address to the Nation? Since they cannot be that stupid or naive they are lying.
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