Summary
In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden got some facts wrong and stretched others, mainly repeated claims we’ve heard before:
Biden said he inherited the “worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.” But when he took office, the economy had recovered some from its low point earlier in the pandemic.
He repeated the debunked claim that he had “traveled over 17,000 miles” with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Biden referred to the American Jobs Plan creating “millions of jobs” and generating “trillions of dollars in economic growth.” The jobs estimate is accurate, but economic growth projections are mixed.
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Morning Edition, National Public Radio touted their Jen Psaki interview with the headline
Morning anchor Steve Inskeep had asked about how Team Biden would handle Fox, since Obama had a fairly hostile relationship. Psaki pointed out she granted an interview to Chris Wallace, but would never do so for Sean Hannity.
But which type represents the Fox reporters at the White House? Psaki insisted she’s no pushover for right-wing Acosta types: “We re not going to allow the briefing room to be a platform for propaganda, and we will shut that down as needed as well.”
Inskeep, a favorite pushover for Barack Obama, asked about the “right-wing media ecosystem” explicitly: