This article is interesting because the numbers aren’t what I’d have guessed. The graph lumps press conferences in with interviews, but the article provides more detail.
Biden hid from the press, but I wouldn’t have guessed that Reagan wasn’t out there more.
I got on this track because, “The White House press corps is already “exhausted” at the outset of the second Trump administration.”
It’s never appealing to hear people complaining about their jobs, but it is appalling to hear grumbling from the White House press corps.
Being a part of the White House press corps is, I understood, a prestigious position for a journalist. They really aren’t going to like it when bloggers and social media influencers are given press passes.
The White House press corps was derelict in their duty to inform Americans about President Biden’s frailty and deteriorating mental health. They should be ashamed.
In an alternate time-line, the corporate press would have reported on Biden’s condition, Dr. Jill would not have insisted upon a second term, the Democratic Party would have held a legitimate primary, the world would not have learned that Kamala Harris was dumb and unprepared, nobody outside of Minnesota would be familiar with Tim Walz and some other Democrat would have run for president against Trump.
The election result may have been the same, but it wouldn’t be as embarrassing for the Democratic Party.
