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Lisa Inkelas's avatar

I believe Fox has accused the new press secretary of trying to look smart and of being prepared. Maybe that’s why they ask which questions are on the minds of reporters. So they’ll receive an informed answer.

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The only reason that asking about questions in advance would be a problem would be if the purpose press briefings is competition between the White House and the press, not to make sure the press gets the information it needs. By asking in advance Psaki can make sure she has the answers they want. The other day someone asked an interesting question that she wasn’t prepared to answer so she told them she would have to find out and get back to them. My needs as a citizen were not met because I wanted to know the answer and might not see her response. Unfortunately political journalists see briefings as an opportunity to win the gotcha game.

This morning the Washington Post is wringing its hands again over Biden’s brother trading on the family name. Funny how little attention has been paid over the years to the fact that Clarence Thomas’s wife has long been making a name for herself, and money as well, by promoting far right causes. That is a huge conflict of interest yet Thomas has never recused him self from ruling on a case she has lobbied on. She makes money which benefits him and he holds a lifetime, very powerful position which is supposed to be non-partisan, unlike presidents.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/frank-biden-berman-group/2021/02/02/b1cf23a4-63f7-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html

The media barely blinked over Neil Bush trading on his family name, hawking his reading program all around the world despite having no qualifications in education and having repeatedly failed in business. The media didn’t even make a big deal when Neil revealed in his divorce deposition that he was also rewarded with free prostitutes. I have asked a lot of people I know if they had heard about the antics of Billy Carter, Roger Clinton and Neil Bush. They were all aware of Clinton and Carter but so far no one has known about Neil Bush’s bad behavior.

Here is a rare article about Neil:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/12/28/the-relatively-charmed-life-of-neil-bush/388db316-f6b9-456e-8720-b4b2bf60a8ab/

Making optics an issue only for Democrats is a way for the media to portray them as similar to Republicans when it comes to corruption.

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