A spokesman for President Biden’s reelection campaign complained Wednesday that the news media are spending too much time covering Donald Trump’s show trials to the detriment of Biden.
T.J. Ducklo, who represents the campaign, specifically name-checked CNN and MSNBC for what he said was a failure to cover Biden’s recent appeals to black voters, a critical voting bloc for Democrats.
“The President just spoke to approx 1,000 mostly black voters in Philly about the massive stakes in this election,” Ducklo wrote in a post on X. “@MSNBC @CNN & others did not show it. Instead, more coverage about a trial that impacts one person: Trump. Then they’ll ask, why isn’t your message getting out?”
The President just spoke to approx 1,000 mostly black voters in Philly about the massive stakes in this election. @MSNBC @CNN & others did not show it.
Instead, more coverage about a trial that impacts one person: Trump.
Then they’ll ask, why isn’t your message getting out?
— TJ Ducklo (@TDucklo) May 29, 2024
Ducklo’s complaint comes after he accused the news media in February of not dedicating enough coverage to Trump’s legal jeopardy, which the Biden White House has helped orchestrate. In a statement to PBS then, he said that the media were far too focused on covering Biden’s age and mental state, when reports should instead cover Trump with “the seriousness and ferocity this moment requires.”
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