Another local radio host who interviewed President Biden a few days after the presidential debate acknowledged that he had received the questions in advance.
The statement said: Provided to ABC NewsWisconsin radio host Earl Ingram posed five questions to Biden in a recent interview, but acknowledged that he wasn’t able to answer them all by the end of the interview.
“Yes, Biden was asked some questions,” Ingraham told the outlet on Saturday.
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Another local radio host acknowledged receiving questions from Biden’s team ahead of an interview with him. (Screenshot/CBS)
Ingram, host of “The Earl Ingram Show” on WMCS in Milwaukee, became the second local radio host to acknowledge this weekend that he had received a list of questions to use in his interview with Biden.
Andrea Lawfull Sanders, host of “The Source” at WURD in Philadelphia, told CNN host Victor Blackwell on Saturday that questions for the interview with Biden “were sent to me for approval.”
“I endorsed them,” Sanders told Blackwell. Blackwell detailed the questions, saying they concerned Biden’s record, his performance in the debates, progress in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, election issues and what Biden would say to voters who are considering not voting in the presidential election.
The CNN anchor also noted that the questions asked by the Philadelphia host were “essentially the same” as those asked by Biden in his interview with Ingraham, who was interviewed by Blackwell along with fellow Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Sanders.
Ingraham acknowledged to ABC News that she had received questions from Biden’s team, but said she “didn’t have a chance to ask everything I wanted to ask” before time ran out.
The media quoted the host as saying he had no problem being asked the question and was happy to have the opportunity to speak to the president.
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Radio host Andrea Lawfull Sanders said on CNN that the Biden campaign sent her questions ahead of the interview. (Screenshot/CNN)
“I think getting the opportunity to ask a question to the president of the United States is more than anyone could hope for,” he told the outlet, adding, “Obviously, the fact that they gave me this opportunity meant a lot to me.”
As Blackwell noted in his conversation with Lawful Sanders, having the host take questions before an interview with Biden may not be the best way to downplay growing concerns that Biden is unfit to win reelection or lead the country for the next four years.
The CNN host told his guest, “If the White House is trying to demonstrate the president’s vitality, energy and acumen right now, I don’t see how they’re doing that by sending him questions in advance of the interview so he knows what’s going to happen.”
Responding to the Philadelphia host’s remarks to CNN, Biden campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt told Fox News Digital that it’s “not unusual for interviewees to share their preferred topics.”
Hitt’s statement continued, “These questions were related to the news of the day and the President was asked about his performance in the debate and what he has done for Black Americans. We do not condition an interview on accepting these questions and hosts are always free to ask the questions they believe will best serve their listeners.”
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