The publisher of the
New York Times admitted this week that the White House has been “extremely upset” with the publication’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s age and poor approval ratings.
Biden’s team has reportedly sparred with the
Times on multiple occasions in recent months. In January, for example,
a meeting between
Times editors and Biden’s reelection campaign reportedly “did not go well” after Biden’s allies began criticizing their coverage of the president.
Semafor claimed the Biden campaign “invoked a spreadsheet laying out areas where the team believes their reporting has fallen short,” and used the meeting as an “opportunity to tell them what they’re getting wrong.”
Biden’s officials were also reportedly frustrated with the outlet’s “coverage of former President Donald Trump,” arguing that the media had been “too focused on his legal troubles and haven’t paid enough attention to some of his incendiary recent statements on the campaign trail.”