As you probably know, a photographer on Wednesday caught a shot of President Joe Biden’s “cheat sheet” for a press conference. Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday denied that the president received questions in advance, even though the shot includes “Question #1,” the reporter’s photo, name, and outlet, and what looks to be the text of a question.
BREAKING REPORT: Joe Biden used a cheat sheet today showing a journalist's question in advance.
Can you imagine the media outrage this would cause if a Republican did this?? pic.twitter.com/lbMwixWMvt
— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) April 26, 2023
The reporter pictured on the cheat sheet is Courtney Subramanian of the Los Angeles Times, but like KJP, the Los Angeles Times denies submitting questions to the White House in advance.
LA Times denies submitting questions to the White House ahead of press conference https://t.co/lsZrCOs7CW
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 27, 2023
Fox News reports:
The Los Angeles Times is denying submitting questions to the White House ahead of Wednesday’s press conference after a photo of the president’s cheat sheet showed a general summary of a question asked by the paper’s reporter.
The vice president of communications for the Los Angeles Times, Hillary Manning, provided the following to statement to Fox News Digital: “Our reporter did not submit any questions in advance of the Q&A with President Biden. Courtney Subramanian covers the White House for the Los Angeles Times. As such, she is in regular contact with the White House press office seeking information for her reporting. You would have to ask the White House who prepared the document for the president and why they included that question.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but has yet to receive a response.
Hey, Los Angeles Times, you have a few reporters on the payroll, right? Why not have them ask the White House? Or, you could do as the Washington Post did and reveal “the dirty little secret about White House news conferences.”
Probably they were given the question. So the can technically deny they submitted it.
— Thirteen O'Clock – Todd (@o_thirteen) April 27, 2023
They are telling the truth.
They were *given* the question to ask by the WH.
— capnrob9756 (@capnrob9756) April 27, 2023
So the White House composed the question and gave it to the LA TImes to ask.
— Dave Linn (@DavidRLinn) April 27, 2023
They didn’t submit the question!
The White House wrote the question for them and told the woman to read it word for word.
— Factotum (@emery__bored) April 27, 2023
Yes, the LA Times didn’t give the question to the White House. The White House gave the question to the LA Times reporter to ask. Hardly a difference.
— R zero Chase (@r0chase) April 27, 2023
This does not make them any less liars.
It makes it worse.— Tim Wopel (@WopelTim) April 27, 2023
Of course they can claim plausible deniability. The problem is that the White House sent the questions to the LA Times. A subtle difference for sure, but they stated the truth. Media today is an embarrassment.
— Jason Sterling (@jasonsterl) April 27, 2023
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
— B (@defnotfluffhead) April 27, 2023
The questions they asked were written on the card he held. These people are absolute liars.
— summedic (@summedic51) April 27, 2023
Either @latimes is lying and they submitted it ahead of time, or they read off a question the WH gave to them ahead of time. Neither is good for them.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) April 27, 2023
It seems very plausible that the White House “helped” reporters understand what the press conference was about so they could ask relevant questions. Any way they spin it, it doesn’t look good for either Biden or the “journalists.”
***
Related:
Sooo .. we're not pouncing? Good to know.
CNN DRAGGED for covering Biden getting caught with pathetic presser ‘cheat sheet’ as only THEY canhttps://t.co/8WP9TDELGb
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 27, 2023
Join the conversation as a VIP Member