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Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

Why Isn’t Biden Doing Better Than a Convicted Felon?

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

The Ringer

News

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tara is joined by journalist and Jill Biden’s former press secretary Michael LaRosa, and they begin their conversation by discussing Michael’s recent social media comments regarding a Wall Street Journal article that was critical of President Joe Biden’s mental faculties. They then detail the tenuous relationship between Team Biden and the press and debate how Democrats should implement their messaging about Trump after the trial verdict. Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: Michael LaRosa Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.5

My name is Matt Bellany. I'm founding partner at Puck and the writer of the What I'm Hearing newsletter.

0:10.0

And with my show, The Town, I bring you the inside conversation about money and power in

0:14.2

Hollywood. Every week we've got three short episodes featuring real Hollywood insiders

0:18.6

to tell you what people in town are actually talking about. We'll cover everything from why your favorite show was

0:23.9

canceled overnight. Which streamer is on the brink of collapse and which

0:27.4

executives on the hot seat. Disney, Netflix, who's up, down, and who will never

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eat lunch in this town again.

0:33.0

Follow the town on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast.

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look after theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hi, I'm Tara Paul Mary. I'm Puck's Senior Political Correspondent, and this is

1:28.4

Somebody's Gotta win. You'd think after four years of a bloody war between the press and Donald Trump

1:35.8

that this time it would be different with Joe Biden, that it would be Kumbaya,

1:40.3

that Joe Biden and his White House press team and the press, beleaguered by many, many years of battles with Donald Trump would be holding hands right now in lockstep.

1:52.2

But no, the relationship is very tense behind the scenes. In fact, there have been some stories that have chronicled it, like a story in Politico about how Joe Biden still hasn't given the New York Times a sit-down interview.

2:04.0

The paper of record, as it's called, has pretty much gotten a sit-down interview with every modern president.

2:10.0

And so to not get an interview with Joe Biden has been troubling to them.

2:14.8

They want access.

2:16.1

Everyone wants access.

2:18.0

Biden has made some decisions to avoid traditional press.

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