What Joe Biden hasn’t answered

1 big thing

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🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Joe Biden has largely been able to stay out of the spotlight and has avoided the tough questions that presidential frontrunners normally endure. Plus, how the presidential election dominated Amy Coney-Barrett’s confirmation hearing. And, Apple's events are getting predictable. Guests: Axios' Hans Nichols and Ina Fried Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Highlights from Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings Supreme Court allows Trump administration to halt census count Apple's events aren't what they used to be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. We've made it to Wednesday. It's October 14th.
0:08.0	I'm Naila Boodoo. Here's how we're making you smarter today.
0:11.0	How the presidential election dominated Amy Koney Barrett's
0:14.4	confirmation hearing. Plus why Apple's events aren't what they used to be.
0:18.7	First though, the questions Joe Biden hasn't answered are today's one big thing.
0:24.7	Joe Biden is one of the luckiest front runners in modern history which is what Hans Nichols
0:32.0	who covers the Biden campaign has been
0:33.8	writing about that's because Joe Biden has been able to stay out of the spotlight
0:39.9	Hans how do you think Joe Biden has escaped scrutiny in this campaign?
0:44.0	All the attention has been on Donald Trump, right?
0:46.1	Donald Trump is this massive fire that sucks up all the oxygen and
0:51.9	Joe Biden hasn't had the normal amount of attention that you'd get.
0:55.7	Part of that's the pandemic, part of that's running against Trump and with attention comes scrutiny
1:00.1	that Donald Trump has had.
1:01.4	I'm sure there are people who are listening who are thinking right now.
1:04.9	Isn't this the fault of journalists for not asking the tough questions?
1:08.4	Well you can't blame journalists when they didn't have a chance to ask Joe Biden's questions for about three months in the
1:14.0	spring and summer. The other side of it is you have a White House press corps that's
1:18.3	really pressing Donald Trump. We've all seen those on TV's there are a lot of
1:22.0	hard questions to get asked of Trump.
1:24.2	On the Biden side, you have less opportunity to and the dynamic is just different.
1:29.4	You're on a tarmac after he's, you know, spoken to a bunch of union guys in Minnesota.
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