Biden's feud with the New York Times, his controversial autopen interview, and why it matters

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Biden's feud with the New York Times, his controversial autopen interview, and why it matters


The New York Times famously sparred with the Biden White House over the refusal to grant interviews with its journalists during his presidency, but former President Joe Biden finally ran to the paper this month as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers put a harsh spotlight on his use of an autopen.

The interview was widely panned, with many suggesting the Times buried the most crucial part of its own story, and it had essentially done more harm than good for Biden. Now, the Gray Lady faces widespread criticism and the Trump administration will investigate the legality of Biden's pardons in the final days of his presidency, which were mostly signed using an autopen.

Fox News Digital breaks down exactly what happened – from the paper’s call for more access to Biden to the backlash the Times is currently receiving.
  • President Biden's team kept him largely sequestered from press conferences and sit-down interviews, particularly in comparison to his predecessors Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
  • The New York Times released a blistering statement in April 2024 calling out Biden for his unprecedented lack of media access while in office.
  • "For anyone who understands the role of the free press in a democracy, it should be troubling that President Biden has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term," the Times said, before suggesting Biden could set a "dangerous precedent" of avoiding scrutiny and accountability.

  • Politico published a story about the "petty feud" between the Times and Biden's team last April, with his officials and campaign team calling the newspaper staffers "entitled."
    After dodging New York Times journalists for an interview throughout his presidency aside from a 2021 chat with a columnist, Biden spoke to the paper's reporters in a ten-minute phone call earlier this month regarding the growing questions about the legality of Biden's pardons using an autopen.

  • The rare interview was published on July 13.
  • Trump’s attacks on Biden over the use of an autopen come after the Oversight Project with conservative think-tank The Heritage Foundation released a report March 6 claiming that it conducted an analysis of Biden documents, and found that a majority of documents signed during his administration used an autopen.
  • The Times printed the headline, "Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen."
  • Biden insisted he "made every decision" on his own and called Trump and other Republican critics "liars," the Times reported.
  • However, the Times reported in the 32nd paragraph of the lengthy story that Biden "did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people," citing the former president and his aides.
  • The Times was also criticized for burying in the story that chief of staff Jeff Zients was the one who sometimes gave final approval for the use of the autopen, waiting until the final line to note that Hunter Biden’s pardon is the only one he physically signed.
  • Some critics said the reporting deep in the story contradicted the opening paragraphs.
  • When asked about the Times' report, Trump told reporters at the White House Monday that Biden's alleged use of the autopen amounted to possibly "one of the biggest scandals that we've had in 50 to 100 years." "I guarantee you he knew nothing about what he was signing, I guarantee you," Trump said.
  • Trump told reporters in March that although he employs an autopen for correspondence, it is "disgraceful" to use one when signing documents such as pardons.
  • The White House is now investigating Biden’s use of the autopen, with senior administration officials telling Fox News Digital that they already are reviewing tens of thousands of documents turned over by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
  • Officials told Fox News Digital that the White House Counsel’s Office is leading the investigation, but said they are coordinating with the Justice Department.
  • "Joe Biden was the worst, most incompetent, and senile president in our country's history," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. "It has been widely reported that Joe Biden handed the power of the presidency to an autopen controlled by unelected leftist staffers, who were allowed to make terrible decisions that destroyed our country."

  • Independent journalist Drew Holden published a lengthy thread on X Tuesday scolding the Times for "repeating Biden’s claim that he made the calls" and burying the admission he "really didn’t." Holden then singled out other news outlets, including ABC News, CBS News, USA Today, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Yahoo News and The Daily Beast, for peddling the Times' framing and burying unflattering reporting that indicated Biden didn’t always make the decisions himself.
  • DePauw University journalism professor Jeffrey McCall suspected Biden's handlers decided to turn to the Times to combat the autopen controversy as the paper is the "major agenda setter for the news sphere" and that other news outlets in the legacy media would follow its lead.
  • Tim Young, a Media Fellow for Strategic Communications at The Heritage Foundation, believes Biden spoke with the Times because it was a convenient way to fend off criticism.
  • "Biden finally sat down with the New York Times because his White House was exposed by the House GOP and the Oversight Project for literally not knowing what clemency or pardon orders were signed. It's pretty clear the pressure was building on his former staff in what could have been an actual Constitutional Crisis -- as the left likes to scream about a lot -- and the team 'rolled him out' to get this over with before repercussions started to build," Young told Fox News Digital.
  • NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck told Fox News Digital the Times report was "embarrassing," and political commentator Mark Halperin argued that the Times disregarded basic journalistic standards by failing to include opinions from experts and Republicans on Biden’s claims about his use of the autopen.....
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  • Biden was an embarrassment as a President the Democrats should never again be allowed to have access to the Presidency again. They have proven they cannot be trusted with such power. (waiting for But Trump! deflections)
This is an ACTUAL CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS will JPP actually discuss it or will it discuss Trumps doodles
 
You rightys are insane. Biden was a normal president who governed as previous presidents did. He respected the walls between the branches, the court system and followed the laws and norms. You guys love a president who is a danger to the American experiment.
Trump is a 34-time Felon and he would have had a lot more on his record if he were not given the presidential immunity.
The auto pen is a legal and acceptable device for presidents. Trump used it before and does now.
 
You rightys are insane. Biden was a normal president who governed as previous presidents did. He respected the walls between the branches, the court system and followed the laws and norms. You guys love a president who is a danger to the American experiment.
Trump is a 34-time Felon and he would have had a lot more on his record if he were not given the presidential immunity.
The auto pen is a legal and acceptable device for presidents. Trump used it before and does now.
And right on time Nordberg chimes in with BUT TRUMP! You have to love how predictable he is.

The CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS is did un-elected bureaucrats sign documents for a brain dead Joe Biden that he did not individually approve.
 
And right on time Nordberg chimes in with BUT TRUMP! You have to love how predictable he is.

The CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS is did un-elected bureaucrats sign documents for a brain dead Joe Biden that he did not individually approve.
You talked about Biden Trumpy. The fact is Bush in 2005 asked Justice Dept. to determine the validity of auto pen signatures. They concluded that the president need not personally perform the act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves of and decides to sign in order to become law.
 
You talked about Biden Trumpy. The fact is Bush in 2005 asked Justice Dept. to determine the validity of auto pen signatures. They concluded that the president need not personally perform the act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves of and decides to sign in order to become law.
Hey squash brain. No one is questioning the officially authorized use of the auto-pen. We just want some proof that squash brain actually officially approved its use.
 
Hey squash brain. No one is questioning the officially authorized use of the auto-pen. We just want some proof that squash brain actually officially approved its use.
He approved it. There you go. He was deeply involved in running the government. Trump is clueless about what he signs. Do you think he was involved in all those EOs? Hell no. He knew nothing about them. They were products of Miller and his band of crooks. You are off on another false track.
 
He approved it. There you go. He was deeply involved in running the government. Trump is clueless about what he signs. Do you think he was involved in all those EOs? Hell no. He knew nothing about them. They were products of Miller and his band of crooks. You are off on another false track.
What are you 13???? Only a brain dead moron would actually think Biden was deeply involved in running the country.

:magagrin:
 

Biden's feud with the New York Times, his controversial autopen interview, and why it matters


The New York Times famously sparred with the Biden White House over the refusal to grant interviews with its journalists during his presidency, but former President Joe Biden finally ran to the paper this month as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers put a harsh spotlight on his use of an autopen.

The interview was widely panned, with many suggesting the Times buried the most crucial part of its own story, and it had essentially done more harm than good for Biden. Now, the Gray Lady faces widespread criticism and the Trump administration will investigate the legality of Biden's pardons in the final days of his presidency, which were mostly signed using an autopen.

Fox News Digital breaks down exactly what happened – from the paper’s call for more access to Biden to the backlash the Times is currently receiving.
  • President Biden's team kept him largely sequestered from press conferences and sit-down interviews, particularly in comparison to his predecessors Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
  • The New York Times released a blistering statement in April 2024 calling out Biden for his unprecedented lack of media access while in office.
  • "For anyone who understands the role of the free press in a democracy, it should be troubling that President Biden has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term," the Times said, before suggesting Biden could set a "dangerous precedent" of avoiding scrutiny and accountability.

  • Politico published a story about the "petty feud" between the Times and Biden's team last April, with his officials and campaign team calling the newspaper staffers "entitled."
    After dodging New York Times journalists for an interview throughout his presidency aside from a 2021 chat with a columnist, Biden spoke to the paper's reporters in a ten-minute phone call earlier this month regarding the growing questions about the legality of Biden's pardons using an autopen.

  • The rare interview was published on July 13.
  • Trump’s attacks on Biden over the use of an autopen come after the Oversight Project with conservative think-tank The Heritage Foundation released a report March 6 claiming that it conducted an analysis of Biden documents, and found that a majority of documents signed during his administration used an autopen.
  • The Times printed the headline, "Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen."
  • Biden insisted he "made every decision" on his own and called Trump and other Republican critics "liars," the Times reported.
  • However, the Times reported in the 32nd paragraph of the lengthy story that Biden "did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people," citing the former president and his aides.
  • The Times was also criticized for burying in the story that chief of staff Jeff Zients was the one who sometimes gave final approval for the use of the autopen, waiting until the final line to note that Hunter Biden’s pardon is the only one he physically signed.
  • Some critics said the reporting deep in the story contradicted the opening paragraphs.
  • When asked about the Times' report, Trump told reporters at the White House Monday that Biden's alleged use of the autopen amounted to possibly "one of the biggest scandals that we've had in 50 to 100 years." "I guarantee you he knew nothing about what he was signing, I guarantee you," Trump said.
  • Trump told reporters in March that although he employs an autopen for correspondence, it is "disgraceful" to use one when signing documents such as pardons.
  • The White House is now investigating Biden’s use of the autopen, with senior administration officials telling Fox News Digital that they already are reviewing tens of thousands of documents turned over by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
  • Officials told Fox News Digital that the White House Counsel’s Office is leading the investigation, but said they are coordinating with the Justice Department.
  • "Joe Biden was the worst, most incompetent, and senile president in our country's history," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. "It has been widely reported that Joe Biden handed the power of the presidency to an autopen controlled by unelected leftist staffers, who were allowed to make terrible decisions that destroyed our country."

  • Independent journalist Drew Holden published a lengthy thread on X Tuesday scolding the Times for "repeating Biden’s claim that he made the calls" and burying the admission he "really didn’t." Holden then singled out other news outlets, including ABC News, CBS News, USA Today, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Yahoo News and The Daily Beast, for peddling the Times' framing and burying unflattering reporting that indicated Biden didn’t always make the decisions himself.
  • DePauw University journalism professor Jeffrey McCall suspected Biden's handlers decided to turn to the Times to combat the autopen controversy as the paper is the "major agenda setter for the news sphere" and that other news outlets in the legacy media would follow its lead.
  • Tim Young, a Media Fellow for Strategic Communications at The Heritage Foundation, believes Biden spoke with the Times because it was a convenient way to fend off criticism.
  • "Biden finally sat down with the New York Times because his White House was exposed by the House GOP and the Oversight Project for literally not knowing what clemency or pardon orders were signed. It's pretty clear the pressure was building on his former staff in what could have been an actual Constitutional Crisis -- as the left likes to scream about a lot -- and the team 'rolled him out' to get this over with before repercussions started to build," Young told Fox News Digital.
  • NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck told Fox News Digital the Times report was "embarrassing," and political commentator Mark Halperin argued that the Times disregarded basic journalistic standards by failing to include opinions from experts and Republicans on Biden’s claims about his use of the autopen.....
  • ========================================

  • Biden was an embarrassment as a President the Democrats should never again be allowed to have access to the Presidency again. They have proven they cannot be trusted with such power. (waiting for But Trump! deflections)
This is an ACTUAL CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS will JPP actually discuss it or will it discuss Trumps doodles
This should be a non-partisan outrage, every American ought to be livid that this was allowed to happen while the press, instead of doing their job, played accomplice in the cover-up.

Scores of people deserve jail, and plenty of media outlets should lose their licenses to clear the airwaves for fresh voices who actually care about informing the public and holding both parties accountable when it’s warranted.

Here, we are a tiny sliver of an already small sliver of people paying close attention, but the libtards among us all march in lockstep, clearly part of the dwindling 19% of drones still cheering for the Democrats. I can't see how debating them is possible. We've all watched libtards’ minds crumble over the past decade into truly brainless husks, incapable of objective thought, how can you debate anyone like that? It takes two to tango.
 
This should be a non-partisan outrage, every American ought to be livid that this was allowed to happen while the press, instead of doing their job, played accomplice in the cover-up.

Scores of people deserve jail, and plenty of media outlets should lose their licenses to clear the airwaves for fresh voices who actually care about informing the public and holding both parties accountable when it’s warranted.

Here, we are a tiny sliver of an already small sliver of people paying close attention, but the libtards among us all march in lockstep, clearly part of the dwindling 19% of drones still cheering for the Democrats. I can't see how debating them is possible. We've all watched libtards’ minds crumble over the past decade into truly brainless husks, incapable of objective thought, how can you debate anyone like that? It takes two to tango.
^^ True words ^^^
 

Biden's feud with the New York Times, his controversial autopen interview, and why it matters


The New York Times famously sparred with the Biden White House over the refusal to grant interviews with its journalists during his presidency, but former President Joe Biden finally ran to the paper this month as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers put a harsh spotlight on his use of an autopen.

The interview was widely panned, with many suggesting the Times buried the most crucial part of its own story, and it had essentially done more harm than good for Biden. Now, the Gray Lady faces widespread criticism and the Trump administration will investigate the legality of Biden's pardons in the final days of his presidency, which were mostly signed using an autopen.

Fox News Digital breaks down exactly what happened – from the paper’s call for more access to Biden to the backlash the Times is currently receiving.
  • President Biden's team kept him largely sequestered from press conferences and sit-down interviews, particularly in comparison to his predecessors Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
  • The New York Times released a blistering statement in April 2024 calling out Biden for his unprecedented lack of media access while in office.
  • "For anyone who understands the role of the free press in a democracy, it should be troubling that President Biden has so actively and effectively avoided questions from independent journalists during his term," the Times said, before suggesting Biden could set a "dangerous precedent" of avoiding scrutiny and accountability.

  • Politico published a story about the "petty feud" between the Times and Biden's team last April, with his officials and campaign team calling the newspaper staffers "entitled."
    After dodging New York Times journalists for an interview throughout his presidency aside from a 2021 chat with a columnist, Biden spoke to the paper's reporters in a ten-minute phone call earlier this month regarding the growing questions about the legality of Biden's pardons using an autopen.

  • The rare interview was published on July 13.
  • Trump’s attacks on Biden over the use of an autopen come after the Oversight Project with conservative think-tank The Heritage Foundation released a report March 6 claiming that it conducted an analysis of Biden documents, and found that a majority of documents signed during his administration used an autopen.
  • The Times printed the headline, "Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen."
  • Biden insisted he "made every decision" on his own and called Trump and other Republican critics "liars," the Times reported.
  • However, the Times reported in the 32nd paragraph of the lengthy story that Biden "did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people," citing the former president and his aides.
  • The Times was also criticized for burying in the story that chief of staff Jeff Zients was the one who sometimes gave final approval for the use of the autopen, waiting until the final line to note that Hunter Biden’s pardon is the only one he physically signed.
  • Some critics said the reporting deep in the story contradicted the opening paragraphs.
  • When asked about the Times' report, Trump told reporters at the White House Monday that Biden's alleged use of the autopen amounted to possibly "one of the biggest scandals that we've had in 50 to 100 years." "I guarantee you he knew nothing about what he was signing, I guarantee you," Trump said.
  • Trump told reporters in March that although he employs an autopen for correspondence, it is "disgraceful" to use one when signing documents such as pardons.
  • The White House is now investigating Biden’s use of the autopen, with senior administration officials telling Fox News Digital that they already are reviewing tens of thousands of documents turned over by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
  • Officials told Fox News Digital that the White House Counsel’s Office is leading the investigation, but said they are coordinating with the Justice Department.
  • "Joe Biden was the worst, most incompetent, and senile president in our country's history," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. "It has been widely reported that Joe Biden handed the power of the presidency to an autopen controlled by unelected leftist staffers, who were allowed to make terrible decisions that destroyed our country."

  • Independent journalist Drew Holden published a lengthy thread on X Tuesday scolding the Times for "repeating Biden’s claim that he made the calls" and burying the admission he "really didn’t." Holden then singled out other news outlets, including ABC News, CBS News, USA Today, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Yahoo News and The Daily Beast, for peddling the Times' framing and burying unflattering reporting that indicated Biden didn’t always make the decisions himself.
  • DePauw University journalism professor Jeffrey McCall suspected Biden's handlers decided to turn to the Times to combat the autopen controversy as the paper is the "major agenda setter for the news sphere" and that other news outlets in the legacy media would follow its lead.
  • Tim Young, a Media Fellow for Strategic Communications at The Heritage Foundation, believes Biden spoke with the Times because it was a convenient way to fend off criticism.
  • "Biden finally sat down with the New York Times because his White House was exposed by the House GOP and the Oversight Project for literally not knowing what clemency or pardon orders were signed. It's pretty clear the pressure was building on his former staff in what could have been an actual Constitutional Crisis -- as the left likes to scream about a lot -- and the team 'rolled him out' to get this over with before repercussions started to build," Young told Fox News Digital.
  • NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck told Fox News Digital the Times report was "embarrassing," and political commentator Mark Halperin argued that the Times disregarded basic journalistic standards by failing to include opinions from experts and Republicans on Biden’s claims about his use of the autopen.....
  • ========================================

  • Biden was an embarrassment as a President the Democrats should never again be allowed to have access to the Presidency again. They have proven they cannot be trusted with such power. (waiting for But Trump! deflections)
This is an ACTUAL CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS will JPP actually discuss it or will it discuss Trumps doodles
Let's talk about the goal of this entire thing. the trump cult wants to railroad and imprison their political enemies. It's been this way since the 90's with Lewinsky.
 
You rightys are insane. Biden was a normal president who governed as previous presidents did. He respected the walls between the branches, the court system and followed the laws and norms. You guys love a president who is a danger to the American experiment.

Biden told the Supreme Court, for all intents, to fuck off when they nixed his student loan forgiveness program and just went on doing it.

“Early in my term, I announced a major plan to provide millions of working families with debt relief for their college student debt,” he bragged. “The Supreme Court blocked it. But that didn’t stop me.”

Biden not only encouraged, but let the DOJ go after political opponents--and not just Trump--for political reasons.

As the new president approaches his 100-day mark, this is a good time to take stock of the administration’s dismal early track record on the rule of law.

Biden’s legal losses: Seven times courts have struck against administration
Trump is a 34-time Felon and he would have had a lot more on his record if he were not given the presidential immunity.
The auto pen is a legal and acceptable device for presidents. Trump used it before and does now.
Let's see how that goes when it hits the appeals courts in NY. They've already hinted it's likely to be tossed out entirely because Bragg had to stretch the law like a rubber band tied into a Gordian knot to get a conviction.

Your last thing on the auto pen is nothing but a tu quoque fallacy.
 
Biden told the Supreme Court, for all intents, to fuck off when they nixed his student loan forgiveness program and just went on doing it.
Is that what FOX ordered you to believe, and you just took their word for it?

Biden respected the rule of law, but he used ways to grant loan forbearance through programs that the Supreme did not rule on.


Although the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s signature student loan forgiveness program in late June, his administration has found ways to cancel more than $48 billion in debt since then.
The cancellations have come through existing federal student loan forgiveness programs, which are limited to specific categories of borrowers, such as public-sector workers, people defrauded by for-profit colleges, and borrowers who have paid for at least 20 years.
These programs are separate from the Supreme Court-rejected forgiveness plan.


 
You rightys are insane. Biden was a normal president who governed as previous presidents did. He respected the walls between the branches, the court system and followed the laws and norms. You guys love a president who is a danger to the American experiment.
Trump is a 34-time Felon and he would have had a lot more on his record if he were not given the presidential immunity.
The auto pen is a legal and acceptable device for presidents. Trump used it before and does now.
but former President Joe Biden finally ran to the paper this month as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers put a harsh spotlight on his use of an autopen.

The Righties are a joke...being played on themselves.

I suppose this FastLane character supposes that Trump signed all those almost 1600 pardons he has issued so far for the criminals who did his bidding.

Although, to be honest, he so loves his signature...displaying each signed law like a child displaying a finger painting.
 
The Righties are a joke...being played on themselves.

I suppose this FastLane character supposes that Trump signed all those almost 1600 pardons he has issued so far for the criminals who did his bidding.

Although, to be honest, he so loves his signature...displaying each signed law like a child displaying a finger painting.
It was an executive proclamation signed by Trump and the DOJ Department of Pardons issued sign pardons.Do your homework before posting.
 
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