They made a living calling former President Donald Trump a liar, but for liberal President Joe Biden, the media have gone into full cheerleader mode, even forgiving his very limited access to the media.
At least, that’s what voters think, including Democrats.
In the latest Zogby Poll, 62% said the media are “protecting Joe Biden by not asking him tough policy questions on issues.”
Pollster Jonathan Zogby said that 55% of Democrats agreed with that assessment, as did 80% of Republicans.
“A majority of almost every sub-group agreed — strongly and somewhat agreed combined — that certain media were protecting Joe Biden by not asking him tough policy questions,” according to his analysis shared with Secrets.
When he asked about specific issues, some numbers were even higher. On the growing border crisis, for example, 63% said the media are running block for Biden, according to the Zogby Analytics survey.
Voters also believe that Biden’s press shop is limiting access to the president. By comparison, Trump made himself available nearly daily to the media pool.
By a margin of 59% to 30%, those polled said that “Biden’s staff was protecting him by preventing him from talking to the media more.”
Still, Zogby found that Biden remains more popular than Trump was at this time. But he said that could be temporary if the president’s agenda stalls further despite media cheering.
“While President Biden may seem to be on top of the world, and his numbers prove this, he might be suddenly in for more drama. The mainstream media is on his side, but how much longer will voters be on his side? If Biden does not deliver on infrastructure and Democrats lose their majority in the House of Representatives to Republicans, Biden’s popularity could take a hit and he could come tumbling off his pedestal,” he wrote.
