News Analysis | Biden’s remarks on Indian press stir up controversy at White House briefing
The Hindu
‘...because they won’t ask any questions on point,” Mr. Biden can be heard saying in a video clip from an Indian TV channel
The American and Indian press became part of the news last week, after suggested, before journalists were allowed into the Oval Office on Friday, September 24, 2021, for a ‘press spray’ , that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi not take questions and that the Indian press is “much better behaved” than the American press.
“The Indian press is much better behaved than the American press…I think, with your permission, we could not answer questions because they won’t ask any questions on point,” Mr. Biden can be heard saying in a video clip from an Indian television channel that was in the Oval Office , setting up before reporters arrived.
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