White House Uses Social Distancing Excuse To Limit How Many Reporters Can Ask Biden Tough Questions
“This is all baloney. There is no space issue,” reporter Brian Karem, who has covered the White House for more than three decades, told the Post. “This is unprecedented territory. It has never been as restrictive.”
Karem said he has RSVPed but has been denied every time. During the Trump administration, East Room conferences were open press. The room itself can fit hundreds of people, but the Biden administration’s selective process is “disingenuous,” Karem said.
“This president has never made himself available to the open press in an open atmosphere, and the East Room is where those usually occur. This administration is being disingenuous in telling us that there’s limited availability and therefore we can’t get in,” he said.