President Biden Is Avoiding Press Conferences

Daily Mail: Biden conducted fewer press conference than any of his five predecessors in Year One and has given fewer media interviews than six, according to new analysis 

* President Joe Biden has given far fewer press conferences in his first year of presidency than his five predecessors 

* Since taking office, Biden has held only nine formal press conference 

* He has done 22 interviews with media in Year One – less than six of the presidents who preceded him 

* Biden often answers a few questions after his public remarks instead of vying for formal press conferences or media interviews 

Joe Biden has conducted far fewer press conferences than five of his immediate predecessors in his first year in office and has given less interviews with the media than the six presidents who served before him. 

In Year One, President Biden has only given nine formal press conferences – six solo and three jointly with visiting foreign leaders. 

He has also conducted 22 media interviews. By comparison, at this point in their respective presidencies Donald Trump conducted 21 press conferences, Barack Obama was at 27, George W. Bush at 19, Bill Clinton at 38 and George H. W. Bush at 31. 

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Update: Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1 (AP) 

WNU Editor: The optics of President Biden and the press in 2021 have not been good.

Avoiding answering questions while standing there smiling. Turning his back to all the reporters in a room while they are yelling questions. This is not what the public wants to see. 

But President Biden's efforts to engage with the press have also not ended well. 

I have lost count on how many times I have put up posts where President Biden's answer was confusing and/or needed to be clarified by the White House later in the day. 

A prediction. 

This handling of the press is going to continue in 2022, and there is a very real possibility that his interactions with the press will be even less .... even though this is an election year.

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