Biden on Fox… or not: mismanagement before the Super Bowl
The final of the American football championship is traditionally preceded by an interview with the president on the channel that broadcasts it. It looks like that won’t be the case this year.
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The best-known of Fox’s channels is Fox News, whose commentators and guests regularly attack Biden.
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Joe Biden will finally not give an interview on Sunday to a chain of the Fox group before the Super Bowl, announced a Fox employee. This is yet another twist in this story. “Our Fox team flew from Los Angeles to Washington to do the interview but we learned tonight (Friday) that the (White House) would not be participating,” the source said, speaking under cover. of anonymity.
Karine Jean-Pierre, spokesperson for Joe Biden, said on Friday that Fox Corporation had requested that this interview for Fox Soul – a channel intended for an African-American audience – be “cancelled”. She claimed on Twitter that the 80-year-old Democratic president “looks forward” to speaking “about the Super Bowl, his ‘State of the Union Address,’ and important topics about everyday life for African Americans. “.
After which, Fox explained that there was actually “a bit of confusion when the White House contacted Fox Soul on Thursday night.” “Fox Soul is looking forward to speaking with the President for the Super Bowl on Sunday,” the band said in a statement, hinting that the interview would take place.
New twist late Friday evening in a press release from the executive, mentioned by the daily “New York Times”: the White House issued a press release explaining that it had organized “an interview of the president with Fox Sports presenters Mike Hill and Vivica A Fox before the Super Bowl, but Fox Corporation canceled the interview.” “Fox has since issued a statement indicating that the interview has been rescheduled, which is inaccurate,” the White House said.
The Super Bowl is traditionally preceded by an interview with the president on the channel that broadcasts it. This year, Fox will show the meeting between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. The best known of the Fox Group channels is Fox News, whose commentators and guests regularly target Joe Biden. Speculation was therefore rife in recent days on the holding of the interview. Biden has spoken the previous two years on NBC and CBS, respectively.
(AFP)
