Peter Baker of the NYT was very angry on Stephanie Ruhle's show last night

[senseandsensibility]

I have never seen him visibly angry when talking about Cheato. What seemed to set him off was Stephanie's (to me) mild criticism of the press during the press conference last night. She tried to do it with humor, but it was too much for Peter. He said something about Biden being sheltered from the press and I believe he accused him of being wrapped in bubble wrap or something like that. But the thing that really seemed to fry him was that Joe Biden has not granted one interview to a major newspaper. So basically, the NYT. He hasn't gotten an interview. That's the crux of it.

Stephanie did point out that many journalists on MSNBC and elsewhere, including her have interviewed Biden.

I know I'm singling out Baker here, but has reported some really horrendous things about Cheato and he never showed anger. I think many in the corporate media are concerned primarily about themselves, their careers and access.

[shrike3]

1. "many in the corporate media are concerned primarily about themselves, their careers and access."

You nailed it.

[AnrothElf]

12. Like Jesus to the cross!

Nailed it.

[whathehell]

22. or a contemporary victim of Saudi Arabian "justice"

...a remarkably unfunny reference.

[AnrothElf]

34. Oh well. Can't please everyone...

So I don't bother trying.

[whathehell]

45. Sure, because we all know death by torture

is Comedy Gold...So what's next, Jamal
Khasoggi jokes?






.

[AnrothElf]

46. 2000+ years is still "too soon" for Xtians...

I get it.

Personally, I think making fun of Jesus is the ultimate "punching up".

You do you. I'll do me.

Trying to smear me because I made fun of Jesus being nailed to the cross is pretty thin-skinned tho. Just sayin'...

[whathehell]

47. You get nothing...Torture isn"t "funny"

whether it happened 2,000 years ago or 2 minutes ago. Most people understand this, regardless of religion or the lack of it. If you do not, I've got condolences for you, but nothing else..bye.

[AnrothElf]

48. Buh-bye! You must be a lotta fun at parties.

You must hate British humor. Talk about dark. Ever watched Monty Python's "The Life of Bryan"?

Always look on the sunny side of life, internet rando. Always look on the sunny side. Everyone but Barabbas sang along!

[blogslug]

2. I turn off the box when Peter Baker comes on

I have never liked that guy.

[maxsolomon]

3. You know, that Orange Clown is the one who broke the norms.

He shunned the mainstream press, barely gave a press conference, and got away with it. He still gets away with it - no debates, no mainstream interviews, just tweets and glowering.

No quite sure why every pre-Trump norm is expected of Biden now. Particularly when the Ageist knives are out.

[senseandsensibility]

4. Yes, you are right.

As I recall, Cheato did not give one press conference during the reign of his last press secretary. That's why she made money by writing a book after he lost entitled something like I'll Take Your Questions Now. Not debating is another thing the press doesn't criticize.

[et tu]

31. and biden is

busy doing the peoples' work~

[IcyPeas]

5. His wife too:

Link to tweet

[spooky3]

40. This might interest you:

https://www.politico.com/story/2008/04/post-haste-the-exit-of-susan-glasser-009850

[IcyPeas]

41. Her latest article from The New Yorker... "deeply unpopular eighty-one-year-old incumbent"

...

And then there are the Democrats, going into an election year with a deeply unpopular eighty-one-year-old incumbent who is—at best—tied with Trump in the polls and hardly in a position to muscle important pieces of legislation through a badly divided Congress. Biden’s biggest problem is one he can do nothing about—his advancing age—and Republicans will do anything they can to seize on evidence of his infirmity and inability to do the job.

On Thursday afternoon, that case received an unexpected boost from an unlikely source, the special counsel appointed by the Justice Department to look into Biden’s possession of classified documents at his home and office after he left the Vice-Presidency, in 2017. Unlike Trump, now facing criminal charges for taking hundreds of secret documents with him after leaving office, Biden will not face prosecution, according to the report from the counsel, the attorney Robert Hur. But the scathing document has sections that could have been written by the Republican National Committee, most notably one in which Hur concludes that he could not put the trial before a jury in part because Biden came across to investigators as so diminished, a “well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” Biden even struggled to remember the date of his own son Beau’s death, or when his Vice-Presidential term had ended.

This may be enough to help one escape indictment. But for a President already facing serious—and legitimate—questions about his capacity to do one of the toughest jobs in the world for another four years, it’s brutal. The strongest men in America are, these days, looking awfully weak. ?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-great-washington-meltdown-of-2024-has-begun

No paywall:

https://archive.is/b1lXz

[spooky3]

42. Thanks. I will now switch channels the moment I see her. Nt

[mopinko]

6. did i miss cheato sitting down w the times?

i mean, i dont recall, but cd certainly b wrong.

[mitch96]

7. Awwww poor baby did not get and interview with the prez, eh? suck it up and do you deserve it? nt

[Bev54]

8. I have for a long time ignored Baker and his two sides issues. I have concerns about him

He is of the Maggie Haberman tribe that play down Trump's assholery and plays up Biden's. I have no use for him.

[onecaliberal]

9. POS Fascist press can go fuck itself on a loop.

[TomDaisy]

10. Peter Baker has always been an arrogant prick.

[shrike3]

13. They don't get where they are by being nice guys.

[FelineOverlord]

11. New York Times reporters get ENRAGED when criticized

I remember when everyone would dare criticize Maggie Haberman for her overt favoritism of the Trump Crime Family, he would immediately go on the attack..

And trust me, they think they should NEVER be criticized.

His wife, Susan Glasses of the New Yorker, is the same way.

This is why if I ever read a Times or New Yorker article, I refuse to pay.

It’s easy to get around the paywalls. 🙂

[AnrothElf]

14. So easy yup.

I'm the same way. I'm happy to subscribe... But not to the NYT. I still do WaPo, RawStory, and DU

[spanone]

15. Our media is showing it's Ass.

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. I had the same thought

[planetc]

16. Two thoughts:

1) Those who work for the NYT all tend to make one assumption: that they're at the top of the pinnacle of journalistic success because they work for the Times. If that's their unconscious assumption, then being stiffed by the President would be infuriating, because nothing adds to the splendor of your reputation like sticking it to the chief executive. No surprise Baker is enraged.

2) Since the ancient days of Watergate, the political press has changed. Where they once demonstrated a decent amount of conventional respect for the man who held the highest office in this country, many of them now see any interview opportunity with any official to be a chance to embarrass that person in public. They are not so much interviewing as attacking verbally via questions about the most difficult situations and problems the official faces. The more the journalist can expose the "hypocrisy" or the "dishonesty" of the president, the more points they get with their peers, other journalists. Covering politicians has become a gladiatorial sport: the more blood on the sand, the better. What journalists think they're doing is "speaking truth to power," as though every single elected official must now be assumed to be corrupt by virtue of having been elected. And as though the populace has no defense against these raptors but the political press. In fact, the populace has lots of defenses, especially the myriad other journalists who dig persistently after facts, and publish them if a pattern is detected.

Speaking as one who watched the NYT burn Bill Clinton at the stake and then dance on his ashes, I'm delighted to see Mr. Baker's toes smoking.

[senseandsensibility]

19. You have a way with words

not to mention an aptitude for writing. I agree with everything you wrote, and think you might have a future in editorial writing.

[PortTack]

26. Great summation...thx!

[MustLoveBeagles]

17. The press are showing their A$$e$

This whining is nothing more than selective outrage. Where was their concern over trump's age and mental fitness when he was President? If there were complaints about lack of access during that time I must've missed them.

[machoneman]

20. Oh boo hoo hoo! Put on your big boy pants and go sit in the corner until you're called upon. Geez................

[MustLoveBeagles]

21. This made me laugh

[lucca18]

23. Hey Peter, trump and the repubs are trying to steal our democracy! Get mad about that!

[Prairie Gates]

24. Peter Baker fancied himself a Trump whisperer, translating Trump's nonsense

into something resembling coherent policy for the public. He's a verified shitbag.

[PortTack]

25. Why grant interviews to papers that are obviously bias against you? So hard to figure....gawd

[spooky3]

27. Agree. Ruhle was having none of his silliness. Nt

[senseandsensibility]

37. I'm really starting to like her

She said something like okay they're both old, so it's a wash. Let's talk about who can do the job. But Glasser and Baker weren't having any of it.

[RockRaven]

28. Access is the lifeblood of these peoples' careers and incomes.

Access, access, access. That drives so much of their carrying water, or vitriol, as the case may be.

[shrike3]

38. It's all about them. All about their careers. They care not a whit about the country.

[hatrack]

44. Yep. "Journalism"? Not so much.

I wish I still subscribed to the NYT so that I could ditch my subscription again.

[Greybnk48]

29. Peter Baker also went after President Biden on Katie Tur's show this afternoon.

Peter Baker seemed like he has an axe to grind. He seemed angry, not professional.

[DestinyIsles]

30. because they only care about their petty careers

I don't think Biden likes any of these guys.

[shrike3]

39. Nor should he. He cares about the people's business; they do not.

[Grasswire2]

32. Peter Baker spent many years as bureau chief in Moscow.

Too many years, IMO.

Russians had/have a habit of collecting KOMPROMAT on others.

This is likely what's driving Peter.

[LonePirate]

33. Paul Krugman is pretty much the only NYT contributor whom Biden should grant an interview.

He’s an op ed columnist and former Nobel Prize winner in Economics. He’s been very praiseworthy of the soft landing and economic growth during the Biden years.

[mcar]

35. Fck him

What a hack.

[Wild blueberry]

36. Little mouse boy's pride was hurt

Have no respect for him. Nor Mrs Mouse.

[Hassler]

43. Like Haberman, Baker and Glasser are

Access Journalists. Their job is access, not journalism.