President Joe Biden's re-election campaign is engaging with corporate media reporters and editors in off-the-record meetings to criticize coverage of the president, Semaphore reported Monday.
The campaign has created a spreadsheet outlining where corporate news outlets have fallen “not well enough” in their coverage of the campaign's trajectory. according to To semaphor. Campaign officials are reportedly particularly furious about former President Donald Trump's extensive coverage by corporate media, which has focused too much on criminal charges rather than his allegedly incendiary comments. He reportedly claims that he is.
.@maxwelltani The Biden team reportedly has a spreadsheet for meetings with reporters detailing where they think their reporting is inadequate.
It appears that the meeting with the NYT did not go well. https://t.co/jlg5ECp4gF pic.twitter.com/qCI7ozL9WH
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) January 8, 2024
According to Semaphore, a meeting between the campaign and the New York Times (NYT) reportedly did not go well for unmentioned reasons. In addition to the Times, talks with other media outlets, including the Washington Post, were reportedly “substantive” and “productive.” (Related: Corporate media's latest town hall could be a ploy to boost Biden in the general election)
Campaign officials will meet with political reporters and editors from ABC News, NPR, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Reuters at campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, Semaphore reported. The news team reportedly spoke with campaign managers from the president's re-election campaign, deputies and other senior officials.
The reelection campaign hopes to rely on media coverage of Trump to support Biden in the polls. Some voters who were leaning towards Mr. Trump but voted for Mr. Biden in 2020 say they are not paying much attention to the former president, and campaign officials say that if more coverage of Mr. Trump We believe this could lead to increased support for the 2020 presidential election.
Biden candidate Ammar Moussa said, “The American people have come to know Donald Trump as a dangerous, extreme, erratic man who cares only about using the power of government to help himself and his friends.'' The more you face it, the more you will reject him.” A campaign spokesperson told the NYT in November. “We will continue to emphasize to voters what is at stake if President Trump and his entourage are allowed near the Oval Office.”
According to the Times, the Biden campaign is pressuring the media to reflect the NYT's coverage of Trump, particularly its stance on immigration.
The campaign asked the media to cover Robert F. Kennedy Jr. negatively.
