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New York Times Pitchbot @DougJBalloon
Biden only had to beat one challenger, Dean Phillips, to win the 2024 nomination. Back in the real world, some of us had to beat out multiple cousins to inherit our multinational publishing businesses.
by A.G. Sulzberger
2:49 PM · Apr 26, 2024
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Celerity
(43,632 posts)Johonny
(20,918 posts)For a sitting president? NYT thought so.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,393 posts)He has got the NYT to run so many "Biden is old!!!" stories because he's pissed off that Biden hasn't given the NYT sit-down interviews, and the Biden admin generally does not respect the NYT in the way Sulzberger feels entitles to. See https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/25/new-york-times-biden-white-house-00154219 . The satirical account "NY Times Pitchbot" is particularly interested in this because Biden finds it funny:
Bates, the deputy press secretary, has developed an online correspondence with the operator of the Pitchbot account and occasionally shared material for potential posts, two people familiar with the press shop said. During last years White House Correspondents Dinner, Biden joked about confusing the Times coverage of his age with Pitchbots tweets. I love that guy, Biden said of Pitchbot, before a subtle parting shot at the Times on a frequency only Times staffers might hear. I should do an interview with him.
GreenWave
(6,788 posts)617Blue
(1,282 posts)Some of the actual headlines lately have been doozies.
NonPC
(308 posts)Publicly calling him out for what he has been doing. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he goes to a NYC party. Bet the tone of the conversations have shifted a bit. Of course, he's probably a world class A$$hole to begin with.