{"id":522062,"date":"2022-12-06T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-faces-press-outcry-after-christmas-party-snubs\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T11:00:08","slug":"biden-faces-press-outcry-after-christmas-party-snubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-faces-press-outcry-after-christmas-party-snubs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden faces press outcry after Christmas party snubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a62915550\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a62915550\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-faces-press-outcry-after-christmas-party-snubs\/#%E2%80%9CBiden_faces_press_outcry_after_Christmas_party_snubs%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Biden faces press outcry after Christmas party snubs&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBiden_faces_press_outcry_after_Christmas_party_snubs%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Biden faces press outcry after Christmas party snubs&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>They\u2019re making a list and checking it twice.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden is facing an outcry from the White House press corps for the \u201cpetty\u201d exclusion of journalists from the traditional presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> Christmas parties.<\/p>\n<p>In a seeming break from Biden\u2019s pledge to restore \u201ccivility\u201d to public life, a number of journalists \u2014 many believing themselves excluded for \u201cnaughty\u201d rather than \u201cnice\u201d coverage \u2014 didn\u2019t get invites to the glam soirees on Dec. 8\u00a0for TV teams and on Dec. 13 for other press.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday fests are prized perks of the beat for media that cover the White House because attendees can bring a guest and usually score a photograph with the president while sipping eggnog in the grand rooms on the main floor of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The Post, which published bombshell documents from first son Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, was among the outlets snubbed \u2014 but got a belated invite Monday evening after requesting comment for this article. <\/p>\n<p>One veteran White House reporter told The Post, \u201cHow many acts of petty blacklisting does this White House have to commit against accredited members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> media before a consensus forms that President Biden is neither a champion of a free press, as he so frequently claims, nor a man of decency, as his supporters claim on his behalf?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another veteran White House correspondent, who also spoke under the condition of anonymity, said their outlet was regularly invited to Christmas parties dating to at least the George W. Bush administration and that the snubs should be seen in a broader context after repeated press access issues under Biden.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-777.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A White House reporters told The Post the snubs are a form of &quot;petty blacklisting&quot; from Biden.\" class=\"wp-image-24907308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-777.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-777.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-777.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A White House reporter told The Post the snubs are a form of \u201cpetty blacklisting\u201d from Biden.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just civility. It\u2019s also about democracy, really,\u201d the reporter said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of his mouth, Biden espouses that the free press is the bedrock of democracy and he supports a free and independent media and it\u2019s important for us to makes sure that governments are held accountable. But it only seems to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly for governments outside the United States,\u201d the longtime reporter said.<\/p>\n<p>The correspondent added, \u201cThis guest list is an example of how the White House is kind of taking punitive measures against journalists that are simply doing their job exactly as the president says, or claims, he supports and that\u2019s what\u2019s most infuriating, It\u2019s doublespeak and it\u2019s pure hypocrisy in my view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another veteran reporter said, \u201cEngaging in petty partisan holiday invites is a sign of weakness, not strength\u2026 apparently this White House now has total disregard for protecting even the veneer of its promised transparency and respect for a truly free press.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-769.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Post was one of the outlets that initially did not receive an invitation.\" class=\"wp-image-24907315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-769.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-769.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-769.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Post was one of the outlets that initially did not receive an invitation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Journalists representing a wide range of news outlets that have permanent seats in the White House briefing room found themselves without invites and the White House would not share how the guest list was assembled.<\/p>\n<p>A White House spokesperson said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that, for the first time in five years, reporters will be welcomed back to the White House over the holidays. We have worked to be as inclusive as possible and expect to host hundreds of reporters from more than 150 outlets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Employees of some news outlets with opinion sections favorable to Democrats told The Post they were not invited, though journalists from outlets with conservative-leaning editorial boards seemed to be disproportionately impacted.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Many of the originally excluded journalists \u2014 some of whom got last-minute invites Monday \u2014 rarely get called on at press briefings with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and suffered from de facto blacklisting for indoor presidential events through much of 2021 through a since-rolled-back mysterious prescreening process.<\/p>\n<p>Others impacted gave trouble to the press office this year, including with public complaints about reopening access to events or testy briefing-room questions for Jean-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran correspondent and author Brian Karem, who writes for left-leaning Salon, said sarcastically, \u201cWhat better way to pass on the tidings of blessings than to deny it to those who you dislike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karem drafted a press corps protests letter in June that demanded in strong words an end to the murky prescreening of reporters let into Biden\u2019s events. Journalists repping about two-thirds of briefing room seats signed that statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider it as a great compliment that I am as apparently unliked in this administration as the last. I wish the administration all the best this holiday season. Good will to all,\u201d Karem told The Post. \u201cI feel warmed by the spirit of the season of peace on Earth and good will towards all in knowing that it doesn\u2019t extend to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump held a press Christmas party during his first year in office, but didn\u2019t pose for photos and opted not to host another in 2018 and 2019 as he trashed the press as \u201cfake news\u201d and the \u201cenemy of the people.\u201d COVID-19 prevented the festivities in 2020 and 2021. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-773.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"New York Times reporters Peter Baker said that reporters who consistently attend briefings are usually invited to the Christmas party.\" class=\"wp-image-24907415\" width=\"330\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-773.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=656 660w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-773.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=492 495w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-773.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=328 330w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-773.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=164 165w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-773.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\"\/><figcaption>New York Times reporter Peter Baker said that reporters who consistently attend briefings are usually invited to the Christmas party.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William B. Plowman\/NBC\/NBC Newswire\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>New York Times reporter Peter Baker, who has covered the White House since the Clinton administration, said that there\u2019s often at least some jostling for Christmas party invites, but that reporters that regularly work from the White House usually are admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember too many cases where working journalists who were there on a regular basis not getting invited,\u00a0though I wouldn\u2019t swear it didn\u2019t happen,\u201d Baker told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy memory is that this is quite often a bit of an issue, who gets invited and who doesn\u2019t, so it\u2019s hard to make a straight apples-to-apples comparison without hard numbers,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if I remember correctly, those who actively show up in the briefing room were usually invited and the harder cases came among those who weren\u2019t actually part of the day-to-day press corps, such as columnists, editors, bureau chiefs and people who used to come in the past but were less involved in the coverage anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker said that it\u2019s possible the White House sought to limit attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though party guests must get tested beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the journalists snubbed this year took the disappointing news in stride.<\/p>\n<p>Newsmax journalist John Gizzi, who has covered the White House since 2003, told The Post he didn\u2019t get an invite this year, but that he has fond memories of going to presidential Christmas parties \u2014 bringing almost a dozen family members, one at a time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-775.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Newsmax journalist John Gizzi did not recieve an invitation this year.\" class=\"wp-image-24907437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-775.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-775.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/biden-christmas-party-snubs-775.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Newsmax journalist John Gizzi did not recieve an invitation this year.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Jabin Botsford\/The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy wife so liked it that [first] year that she said, \u2018I have to share this with others.\u2019 So thanks to her, I was able to bring my mother and father, her two sisters, her sister-in-law, niece and one of the sisters\u2019 husband,\u201d Gizzi recalled. <\/p>\n<p>So far as Gizzi was aware, all reporters with a permanent press badge were invited in the past. But Gizzi said that halfway through the Obama administration, he got trimmed from the guest list and went two years without an invite. <\/p>\n<p>The longtime briefing-room figure was restored to the invite list by talking with Obama\u2019s press secretary Josh Earnest about bringing Obama-supporting actress Janine Jackson as his guest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I have hard feelings? No, because that means I\u2019d have to be an equal opportunity angry reporter at President Obama for the couple of years I was cut out\u2026 and then after that, Trump who had that one pro forma party and then had nothing after,\u201d Gizzi said. \u201cSo who am I to complain about any president after I had the good memories there? If I get invited this year, it would be great to do it.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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