The publisher of the New York Times acknowledged Monday that the White House is “deeply upset” by the paper’s coverage of President Biden’s dismal approval ratings and voter concerns about his age.
“He is a historically unpopular incumbent and the oldest person to ever hold this job,” AG Sulzberger said in an interview. Reuters Institute for Journalism.
“We have reported extensively on both of these realities, and the White House is extremely upset about this,” the Gray Lady publisher added.
Sulzberger, 43, vowed that the paper would “continue to provide full and fair reporting” despite criticism from the president’s 81-year-old staff.
“I’m not saying it’s the same.” [former President Donald Trump’s] There are five lawsuits, or an even number,” the publisher explained. “They’re different. But they’re both true, and the public needs to know both.”
Questions about Biden’s memory and mental acuity have grown following special counsel Robert Hur’s damning report on the president’s handling of classified White House documents.
According to Huh’s report released earlier this month, during a two-day meeting with the special counsel, Mr. I forgot what I did,” he said. That was in 2013. When did I stop being vice president? ”), and forgot on his second day of interviews when the term began (“2009, Am I Still the Vice President?”). ”
“He didn’t remember when his son Beau died, even years later.” [May 2015]. And his memory was hazy when describing the Afghanistan debate, which was once very important to him,” the report said. “Among other things, he mistakenly said he had a ‘difference of opinion’ with General Carl Eikenberry, when in reality Mr. Ikenberry was an ally whom Mr. Biden cited favorably at Thanksgiving.” [2009] Memo to President Obama. ”
White House Press Secretary Ian Sams last week criticized the New York Times and other news organizations over their coverage of Mr. Hur in a four-page letter to NBC’s White House Correspondents Association President Kelly O’Donnell. .
He claimed journalists had misrepresented the report’s conclusions about Biden’s possession of classified material dating back to his time as vice president, a statement his spokesperson wrote was “a lie by the special counsel.” Other than that, he did not mention reports about Mr. Hsu’s assessment of Mr. Biden’s declining cognitive abilities. And inappropriate personal comments distract from proper attention to the content. ”
Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, said in a heated exchange with reporters hours after Xu’s report was released, minutes before confusing the president of Egypt with the president of Mexico. He claimed that his memory was “okay.”
