CBS News mocked for ‘love fest’ feature on Jill Biden: ‘No puff piece on Melania’ in 2016


“CBS Sunday Morning” ran a glowing feature on Jill Biden on Sunday, but news analyst Media Research Center Nicholas Fondacaro called it a ‘gooey puff piece’ and criticized CBS correspondent Rita Braver for a ‘love party’ that Melania Trump never got. when her husband ran for president.

“Between getting excited about the idea of ​​continuing to teach and playing pranks about the White House, it was obvious that Braver desperately wanted Biden to be her ‘unconventional’ first lady,” Fondacaro wrote.

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The segment began with images of Jill Biden standing in front of her husband, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, to protect him from a heckler who crashed a pre-coronavirus campaign rally. The CBS reporter said, “Jill Biden has always stood up for her family,” and the clip was just another example.

“In that context, Braver Jill helped protect the media presidential candidate by weakening the accusations of unusual and unwanted touching against Joe,” Fondacaro said, noting that Braver Jill Biden allowed accusations of unusual touching against her husband and accusations imposed by Tara Reade was not mentioned at all.

‘She let Biden brush it aside as’ a space problem. They felt they wanted more space. ‘Biden also insists that Joe’ had learned ‘and’ kept his distance, ” Fondacaro wrote. Fox News host Mark Levin characterized the piece as showing that CBS was “all in” for Biden.

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The segment also included a journey down memories, with a story about how excited her grandparents were to meet Joe Biden for decades first. CBS ‘segment then pivoted to praise Biden for her background as a teacher, but Fondacaro found it hypocritical.

“Braver looked at how her subject got a doctorate in education and has worked for years as a community college teacher, even as a second lady,” Fondacaro wrote. “Meanwhile, the opposition press against Second Lady Karen Pence has raged for teaching art at a religious private school.”

Biden said she plans to continue teaching when she becomes first lady, and she would also advocate for free community college, in addition to emphasizing cancer research and support for military families.

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“When the segment perished, Braver turned to talk about a prank that Biden had played on Air Force 2 as a second lady,” Fondacaro wrote, pointing out that they were joking about having a prankster in the White House “when they were standing on a Delaware beach, in the middle of a pandemic, with other people around, and no masks.”

Fondacaro also observed, “When Trump ran for president, there was no ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ puff piece for Melania.”

CBS News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.