President Joe Biden once again seemed to rely on a cheat sheet of 'pre-approved' reporters as he held a press conference at th...
President Joe Biden once again seemed to rely on a cheat sheet of 'pre-approved' reporters as he held a press conference at the conclusion of the G20 summit in Rome on Sunday.
Biden spoke with various world leaders about climate change goals ahead of the COP26 summit United Nations Climate Change conference to be held this week in Glasgow, Scotland.
As he opened up the floor to questions, at the start of the the press conference, the president seemed to be using a pre-ordained list of correspondents to call on.
'And now I'm happy to take some questions. And I'm told I should start with AP, Zeke Miller,' Biden said.
President Biden was given a reporter list to call upon during Sunday's presser
US President Joe Biden addresses a press conference at the end of the G20 of World Leaders Summit on Sunday in Rome
On occasion, Biden has snapped at journalists who have shouted questions out of turn or yelled them over the hubbub of the press pack. One such incident happened after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland
It is not the first time that Biden has had a hand-picked list of reporters to draw from.
In June, a similar technique was used while he was in Geneva during a visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
'I'll take your questions, and as usual, folks, they gave me a list of the people I'm going to call on,' Biden explained to the press.
And in August , following the the Kabul terror attacks in Afghanistan that led to the the death of more than a dozen servicemen, the order of journalists allowed to ask questions of the president was hand selected.
'Ladies and gentlemen, they gave me a list here. The first person I was instructed to call on was Kelly O'Donnell from NBC,' Biden said.
The preferred pecking order for the administration seems to be The Associated Press, The Washington Post, NBC News, Reuters and Bloomberg News.
On occasion, Biden has snapped at journalists who have shouted questions out of turn or yelled them over the hubbub of the press pack.
It's not the first time such a technique has been employed by White House staff Associated Press, Washington Post, NBC News, Reuters, and Bloomberg News usually are chosen first
White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said it is to ensure that reporters from wires, print and broadcast networks all get a fair chance to ask questions
Reporters in the White House press briefing room usually wave their hand when things are on a much smaller scale
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