The White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has faced much criticism from the day she started her job over her qualifications but the Biden Administration wanted a very diverse team and she is the first black and openly gay press secretary to serve.
With more and more controversies coming to light regarding the Biden administration and the Biden family, the White House press corp is increasingly frustrated with the answers from the podium. Jean-Pierre day after day deflects and obfuscations questions from all media outlets, the same media that helped Biden get elected.
With the honeymoon period seemingly over in the media, serious questions are being asked and no straight answers are given. According to a White House reporter, “It’s very insulting to reporters especially when she repeatedly says she has answered a question when she very clearly has not.”
“The White House press corps is incredibly frustrated with Jean-Pierre for refusing to answer any questions about this issue at the briefing room,” the reporter told Fox News Digital, and added, “But overall, it’s clear the White House is challenging the fundamental purpose of the briefing room, which is why reporters continue to be aggressive.”
According to Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, talking to the White House press secretary goes nowhere and she referenced that of a “black hole” where reporters are directed to various departments and agencies never to receive an answer.
In an interview with Neil Cavuto, Heinrich explained “It is frustrating to the press corps here at the White House… we formally asked for the press secretary to bring to the briefing room the attorneys for the president, so that we can ask people these questions, the very people that we’re being directed to and where we’re getting our questions ignored or unanswered or referred elsewhere. And she, again, when posed that question right there in the briefing room today, said well you’ll have to ask them.”
Reports from Fox News explain actions by Jean-Pierre “is causing consternation within the briefing room, and it’s not the first time since she took over the job last May. Press secretaries should advocate for the press and the public to get important updates and help inform their reporting to reflect the truth. She is doing the exact opposite, and it is really hurting her credibility in the position.”
“The counsel’s office stonewalls during a single background briefing and takes heat, for what? Thirty minutes of regurgitated non-answers,” another White House reporter said. “But she has to do her best with what seems like incomplete information.”
CBS’s Weijia Wang also publicly criticized the press briefings saying,“It’s become increasingly clear also, the frustration, as people are trying to get some clarity because they really haven’t answered some of the underlying facts about what has happened here. This is obviously going to continue, the special counsel’s investigation has not even kicked off in earnest, so if this is the strategy, we’ll see how long it can last.”