CNN denied that the Biden administration had control over whom it allowed on that network after the Biden administration alleged Wednesday that the White House tried to blacklist it from the network to criticize the administration by pressuring CNN to not book him in 2024.
“The White House put pressure on CNN to never take me again,” Michael Larasa, former assistant to First Lady Jill Biden, said of Mark Halperin on Wednesday. 2way podcast On Wednesday in a segment discussing how the media is “hidden” because of President Joe Biden's spiritual decline.
LaRosa, who served as Jill Biden's press secretary from 2021 to 2022, explained that after leaving the White House in July 2022, he was said to have been “excused” and “punished” about his former employer.
“They punish reporters. They threatened access. I was booked 45 times on CNN in 2023. The White House put pressure on CNN to not take me again after the turn of the year… I've experienced this now.”
Former Jill Biden aide Michael Larosa said the White House had pressured CNN to not book him after he left the administration. (Getty Images)
Former CNN analyst says that the media has turned their eyes on Biden's allegations of decline as there is most “Democrat votes.”
“They threatened CNN with access and I got attention with their guest tracking system. So whenever someone wanted to book me, they would see the notes and flags… Look, I've never experienced such media up until this election cycle.” “And that was the way everything and my personal views about the media and Democrats have changed somewhat, and it spent a lot of friends on me because I was frankly speaking.”
A CNN spokesman challenged Larosa's comments in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“The White House doesn't direct us to book,” they said.
On August 7, 2022, he was former assistant to First Lady Gil Biden of CNN's Michael Larosa. (CNN/Screenshot)
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A former Biden White House official also told Fox News Digital that he was “unaware” of his efforts to black restructure.
Searches for Gravien by Larosa's name indicate that they appeared on the network at least four times in 2024, March 7, 2024, February 25, 2024, February 20, 2024, February 9, 2024, February 9, 2024.
The former aide frequently knocked the White House during the 2024 presidential election to “shield” President Biden.
President Biden passes past reporters outside the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In March, LaRosa alleged that Biden's staff had made “really unethical” requests to the press, and that reporters had tried to “bully” to cover Biden in a favor.
“They bullied a lot of journalists. I think they'll tell you that now. They wouldn't have told you back then,” he told “young Turkish” host Cenk Uygur.
LaRosa said on a two-way podcast that the Biden White House does not view the media as “a supporter or an ally.”
“In general, Democrats think they expect the press to work for them, and when they're not working for them, they're pretty tough on you… But they didn't treat the press with anything other than doubt,” he added.
Marc Tamasco of Fox News contributed to this article.
