Yamiche Alcindor on Biden:

[demmiblue]

Pres Biden, in the longest news conference in presidential history, made news, pushed back on critics, called out lies, took responsibility for mistakes he believes he made, expressed surprise at GOP, talked foreign policy and didn't lash out on reporters.

Quite the change.

There is so much to say about Pres Biden's presser.

The thing that sticks w/ me is that he took responsibility for mistakes he believes he made, expressed genuine frustration w/ COVID & his agenda being stalled by GOP and Democrats & took hard questions without insulting folks.

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[Cha]

1. Rt TY PJB!

[Wounded Bear]

2. Sums it up pretty well...

[young_at_heart]

3. He deserves our respect!!!

I can't watch the news any longer because I'm sick of the way he is treated by reporters. He deserves better.

[BigmanPigman]

18. Same here.

It pisses me off so much that I have to change the channel.

[DENVERPOPS]

46. The main thing to remember about the mass media in the U.S.

80+% of ALL media in the U.S. is owned and controlled by Republicans. It is as simple as that.....
And anyy reporter who works for one of them, writes what the owner/editor will like, or they know they will be shown the door.......

[young_at_heart]

49. Thank you for the reminder.....I'm now permanently depressed!

I had forgotten this. One year ago I was ecstatic on Inauguration Day. Now, I'm really down. I feel nothing but utter disgust for all Republicans.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. I only watched a hour or so of this press conference and i agree

[dweller]

5. SCOOOOOOOOORE !!!

Hope that burns TFG’s flabbby ass …


✌🏻

[uponit7771]

6. M$M Response: But did he do the backstroke though?! No?! Well, rural voter will be mad !!

[Hekate]

13. MSNBC's done a great job so far, at least on Nicole Wallace's space. She brought on Rachel, too...

I plan to watch Rachel in her own time slot, as well.

[uponit7771]

19. That segment was fantastic, I wish the rest of the M$M wasn't into to group think seeded by winger

... media

[True Blue American]

35. Scarborough surprised me this morning. CNN had Scott suck up on

Si I flipped to Joe. The first thing I heard was,” Before we start cluck clucking about Biden gaffes keep in mind what Trump did!” Jonathon LeMire was the one who asked Trump who he trusted. Trump trusted Putin above our Intelligence agencies. mcCaul was there, too.

Then Joe interviewed Ron McCain. Very respectful interview.

CNN insulting headline,” Trying to clean up Biden’s mistakes,” did not go over well. They failed on this one.

[whathehell]

7. Yes, and some idiot just challenged him on his "civility".

What a joke.

[elleng]

8. Good to see;

she's just changing jobs. In December 2021, it was announced that Alcindor had been hired by NBC News as a Washington correspondent, to start work in March 2022.[24] In connection with that change, it was reported that she would leave the PBS NewsHour in January 2022 but retain her position as host of the program Washington Week on PBS.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

31. And she deserves it

Hard working.

[XacerbatedDem]

32. Good for her. I like her reporting and the way she took over Washington Week.

You go girl!!!!

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Soooo...... he didn't do this:

[Marcuse]

48. The same question was then put to Pence who answered like a cognizant human being as tfg fumed.

[mcar]

10. Not according to the "experts" on CNN

[lpbk2713]

11. It's good to have a president again.

And not a narcissistic buffoon.

[crickets]

41. Yes! It's refreshing, isn't it? 💙

[Hekate]

12. Thank you, Yamiche!!! Not once did he point a finger at them and shout "Fake news!"

[blogslug]

14. Correct

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. For this thread

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[aggiesal]

16. Well, what kind of President is that? ...

What do you mean he took responsibilities for his mistakes?
And what's up with not insulting reporters?

Come on, get with the program!

[lunatica]

17. Biden will do great going to the states

I hope they escort the MAGATs out for disrupting the townhalls

[BidenRocks]

20. My name says it all!!

Too much negativity!

[BlueIdaho]

21. Just another day I am proud to support President Biden.

He is everything I was hoping for. Temperate, smart as a whip, hard working, honest, and using his vast experience to move America forward while keeping us safe at home. If we had more elected Democrats with spines - his agenda would make us the envy of the world.

[GB_RN]

22. Sad Thing Is That...

The Reichwing will take snippets of his statements, like "I made mistakes" and twist them all out of context to use in ads against him and the Democrats in the Fall. You just know they will.

[TrogL]

24. Another sad thing

...that this is newsworthy.

Pre-Trump this would have been filed under "water is wet".

[paleotn]

26. So? They'd do that no matter what he said. Even if he said nothing at all.

Par for the course.

[AZLD4Candidate]

23. You mean he didn't start a Reality Show style feud with schoolyard bully name-calling and

passive-aggressive gaslighting?

[paleotn]

25. By the way...that's called a real President. In case we forgot what that was like.

[mvd]

27. K&R

And some of those questions definitely took patience. Very refreshing.

[peggysue2]

28. In other words . . .

President Biden acted and sounded presidential.

[Moebym]

29. I fervently wish

More journalists would write or speak about Biden like Yamiche has in these two tweets instead of focusing on the negative (or straight-up inventing something to criticize).

[myohmy2]

30. +1...

...

[oasis]

33. Yamiche Alcindor with honest, insightful reporting. Refreshing.

[Raster]

45. Yamiche is one of the BEST reporters. You said it: honest, insightful reporting.

#ThankYouYamiche

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. The adults are back in charge

[Escurumbele]

36. Yes, he did well, but he should have never brought up Bernie Sanders in the context that he did

Had been Pseke the one answering that question, she would have bounced that stupid question about "taking the country to the left" back on the pseudo-reporter. Why bash Sanders when Sanders is working with you? Whether some people like it or not, Sanders is one of us, he is a force to be reckoned with and should be respected. He is a progressive, the socialist crap is not even close to a definition of who Sanders is.

[Moebym]

50. I'm pretty sure Sanders has called himself a socialist before

And as far as him being one of us, it was completely unnecessary for him to go on TV and accuse the entire Democratic Party of letting down the working class when 96% of the Democratic Caucus was going to vote for BBB.

[MoonRiver]

37. It was an amazing and most excellent presser!

He handled the stupid and vicious right wing attacks perfectly. Answered the normal reporters with ease and grace. Basically, he held his own and more throughout the longest presser in presidential history!

[PatSeg]

38. He was a bit snarky with Peter Doocy though

Something about, "You always have the best questions" said with his trademark Biden smile. He handles Doocy so well.

[wendyb-NC]

39. It's a big change

from tfg. I agree with her read on him.

[MerryBlooms]

40. r&k

[Evolve Dammit]

42. CNN is all over Joe today; very negative

[Moebym]

51. He can't do anything right, it seems.

I'm not sure at this point whether there's anything he can do to get some positive press.

[live love laugh]

43. Yet still the Republican media is lambasting him

incessantly with no mention of any successes, no mention of Republican obstruction just bothsiderism and no metic Republican total inaction.

Republicans don’t even have to campaign since the media does it so we’ll for them.

[Buckeyeblue]

44. In some ways his age is his advantage

He is at that point in life that he is comfortable being candid and admitting his own errors. It's quite nice, really.

[Aussie105]

47. Yamiche calls it right.

Biggest difference between Biden and TGF, as seen from a distance:

Biden . . . I'm a servant of the American people, and will do my best for each and everyone.

TFG . . . Hah! Suckers! I'm here for what is in it for me! Gimme! Gimme! Too slow, I'm taking it!