White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s upcoming memoir wherein she reportedly calls the Democratic Get together “broken” is making waves throughout main information networks — besides at MSNBC.
The left-leaning community has remained silent since Jean-Pierre introduced on Wednesday that she is ditching the social gathering and turning into a registered impartial,
Former President Joe Biden’s mouthpiece touted the social gathering swap whereas plugging the discharge of her ebook, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.”
Within the ebook, due out in October, she distances herself from the Democratic Get together and reportedly paints a damning portrait of her former office, describing the Biden administration as “broken.”
Jean-Pierre spent two years as the general public face of the Biden White Home and was the primary black, brazenly homosexual girl to carry the function.
Her abrupt political shift, mixed with criticism of the president she as soon as loyally defended, has triggered a flurry of response — particularly amongst Biden allies.
Former colleagues haven’t held again. A number of have dismissed the ebook as a “grift” and criticized her efficiency as press secretary, echoing complaints which have appeared in nameless leaks to shops like Politico and Axios.
One former staffer reportedly advised Axios: “Nobody took her seriously in the building.”
Whereas harsh, the wave of criticism arguably reinforces the core declare of her ebook: that dysfunction contained in the administration runs deep.
The media response has been swift — at the least on some networks.
In response to transcript knowledge, Fox Information talked about Jean-Pierre by title 72 instances between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, in accordance with Mediaite.
CNN, regardless of its nearer proximity to the Biden administration, referenced her 44 instances.
However MSNBC, the place Jean-Pierre as soon as labored as a contributor and was a daily on-air presence, has not talked about her as soon as, mentioned Mediate, which first reported on the community’s odd silence.
“The fact that MSNBC is still ignoring the story (as of 1:15 p.m. Thursday) reveals that the editorial direction at the left-leaning network is not yet ready to cover political news that may not align with their past comments and positions,” one media analyst advised Mediaite.
The Put up has sought remark from MSNBC and Jean-Pierre.
Earlier than becoming a member of the White Home, Jean-Pierre was a frequent progressive voice on the community, the place she appeared on panels to help Democratic messaging and criticize the primary Trump administration.
Her visibility on the community performed a key function in elevating her public profile and certain aided her appointment to the White Home podium following the departure of Jen Psaki.
This isn’t the primary time MSNBC has prevented uncomfortable tales involving the Biden administration.
Earlier this yr, the community largely sidestepped protection of “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” the ebook co-authored by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson that exposed new particulars about Biden’s cognitive decline and inside efforts to defend him from scrutiny.
On the time, CNN and Fox Information featured wall-to-wall protection. MSNBC, against this, barely acknowledged the ebook in any respect.
Critics say this selective editorial method displays a broader hesitance by MSNBC to air narratives that contradict its on-air expertise’s earlier claims — particularly about Biden’s health for workplace or the power of his administration.
That discomfort, they argue, interprets into silence.
