President Joe Biden is ramping up his appearances with friendly media personalities ahead of the 2024 general election, all while apparently spurning conversations with the nation’s largest newspapers, wires, and television stations.

At this point in his term in office, Biden trails his immediate White House predecessors, former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, in sit-down interviews, press conferences, and informal question-and-answer sessions with reporters. The White House press corps has pressured the administration for months, if not years, to increase the rate at which Biden, who entered office vowing to reinstate transparency to the office, interacts with the press.