ABC Goes All-in Being ‘State Media,’ Providing Cover for Joe Biden – Opinion

Joe Biden was nearly an hour behind the time he needed to deliver his remarks about Russia invading Ukraine on Tuesday. His speech was slurred, and Biden struggled to follow the instructions. It was only 10 minutes, but he seemed to struggle with the Teleprompter.

You would think that – given what Biden was calling an invasion that could affect so much – that he might think the American people deserved some greater explanation of what the Administration was going to do in response — beyond reciting his 10-minute, canned speech.

But no such luck. Biden finally gave up after 10 minutes and he won.

Biden refuses to answer any questions about Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/yLq8nxWOoR

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 22, 2022

How much is the media in Biden’s pocket? The response from ABC News’ David Muir on Biden’s action gives us some clue.

ABC’s David Muir defends Biden for refusing to answer questions. “President Biden is there in East Room, not answering any questions. This could be due to the gravity of what the world faces at the moment.” pic.twitter.com/Loe3K1CZ93

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 22, 2022

According to Muir, Biden took no questions “likely given the gravity of the moment the world is now facing.”

He should avoid talking about it because it is very serious. This makes no sense. If it’s so important, isn’t that more of a reason to take questions on it, to explain what your response will be? He just said it’s going to affect and hurt Americans, too. Don’t we deserve more of an answer than “I have a plan” — the same thing he claimed about COVID and campaigned on? We found out that he didn’t have a plan when he was elected to office. Not that anyone truly following along didn’t know that already.

Or is Muir saying it’s best that Biden not take questions or talk more about it because it is so important, and Biden is likely to blow it big time (more than he already had) with further comments? The bottom line is Biden is barely able to get through just reading the teleprompter; they don’t want him to go beyond that because it might blow up even more than just stumbling over reading. Can he even answer questions, if they haven’t set him up with scripted answers beforehand?

Of course, the media should be asking why he isn’t taking questions, not providing him with excuses and covering for him. That’s supposed to be their job. But instead, they’ve long since abandoned that job for the job of spinning for Biden and the Democrats.

Media from the state. https://t.co/fxrjz02wVX

— Christina Pushaw 🐊🚛 (@ChristinaPushaw) February 22, 2022

Indeed.