Biden lied right to the media’s face
Shortly after President Donald Trump took office in 2017, there was about a week-long news cycle between the media and White House press secretary Sean Spicer regarding the size of the inaugural crowd. The exchange was first of many pedantic battles between Spicer and the White House press corps that benefited the American public in no way whatsoever. It also launched an entire subgenre of network and publishing media incessantly focused on “fact-checking.”White House reporters such as CNN’s Jim Acosta stood on their soapboxes and declared the White House briefing room to be a sacred space of truth, where no lies or spin would be tolerated by the brave warriors in the media.
