Eric Boehlert: White House reporters push back -- just in time for Biden

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18. Does no reporter think that knowing topics in advance might help Psaki be prepared with answers?

That’s like leading a business meeting with no agenda and no clue what information the attendees need to make decisions for the business. Not a good use of anyone’s time.

Whoever the Politico reporter is, she’s being ridiculous. Much of the media gave Trump a free pass for at least the first two years of his presidency. I think it took more than that time for someone to actually publish his “misstatements” as outright lies.

One thing I want the Biden administration to do is beef up support for NPR and PBS so they can more easily ignore the wishes of the Koch Foundation and others like them. As a long-time NPR listener, more than 30 years, I noticed the change in who was being interviewed and how stories were presented after right-wing sponsors got involved. They’re still better than most media, but they need to truly be “public,” not reliant on rich sponsors with a political agenda.