Tim Graham: Biden's press conference – top 7 puffballs mainstream media have pitched so far

In a recent panel discussion on Zoom assembled to assess Joe Biden’s first weeks with the press, NBC White House reporter Geoff Bennett made a candid admission. The Biden campaign and transition used the COVID restrictions to limit the number of reporters at press conferences, and then only called on reporters we would call "friendly."

So they knew they would face nothing about Hunter Biden’s corruption. Nothing about Tara Reade’s accusations of sexual assault. Nothing about Democrats being soft on rioting – or a "racial reckoning," as the media like to call it. Some might say reporters are "tough" on Biden when they demand more outrage about Trump. But that’s not holding him accountable. After the Trump era – when no question from the press was quite rude enough – "potentially difficult" questions were screened out. Bennett was not complaining, just explaining.