he s often seen walking away without questions. is he forfeiting one of the main tools of the presidency which is communicating through the media? yes. i do think they re mercking a strategic calculation that he s not good at that. and that he when he has done them, it has generated its own news based on something he said or not saying. and so they would rather i think from a strategic press point of view have him give a speech and have jen psaki field the questions and do the q & a banter. howie: i would argue that if he makes occasional mistakes and all presidents make a mistake when dealing with the press, that he would have more influence on the news schedule. most days joe biden doesn t fill the news void. if you don t fill it, you cede it to your opponents and the media.