Report: White House's Rocky Relationship with New York Times Causes Biden Major Problems

Report: White House’s Rocky Relationship with New York Times Causes Biden Major Problems


Communication staffers in the White House reportedly have a rocky relationship with the New York Times, which they accuse of unfair treatment and entitlement.

As a result, the White House refuses to allow the Times to interview Biden, whom the paper suspects of being unfit for office, Politico’s Eli Stokols reported.

“[O]nly an interview with a paper like the Times can verify that the 81-year-old Biden is still fit to hold the presidency,” Times‘ publisher A.G. Sulzberger believes, according to Politico’s report based on two people familiar with his private comments.

Politico reported the ensuing fallout on the question of Biden’s age:

[L]ast May, when Vice President Kamala Harris arrived at the newspaper’s midtown headquarters for an off-the-record meeting with around 40 Times journalists, Sulzberger devoted several minutes to asking her why Biden was

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