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White House: Conservative Media Claim That We’re Hiding Biden’s Big Labor Speech Is “Wholly Inaccurate”
The White House is pushing back hard on reports this morning from Fox News and at least one other conservative media outlet who are suggesting that at the White House’s request, the public won’t be able to have access to what Vice President Joe Biden says in his big speech to the AFL-CIO today in Miami.
The reports are “wholly inaccurate,” Biden spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander emails me.
The larger context here is key. The reports are part of a larger conservative media attack on labor as a kind of precursor to the big fight over the Employee Free Choice Act, a top priority for labor that’s intensely opposed by conservatives and will be addressed today by Biden.
So Fox and other outlets have been working hard to discredit labor, airing stories about how the AFL’s conference today is being held in a “swanky” resort that many working folks would be unable to afford — even though it turns out that this resort was chosen because its construction was a major union success story.
Fox and other outlets kept up the assault this morning, suggesting that the White House was trying to hide Biden’s big labor pow-wow today by barring cameras from the event. “We asked why we couldn’t come in, and the answer we got from the union people was, `It’s on the order of the White House,” the Fox anchor complained.
Turns out, though, that this particular meeting will be more accessible to the public than it might have been — thanks to the White House. The AFL-CIO tells us that their meetings are traditionally closed to the press entirely. But Biden’s office asked the union to make an exception and allow a pool of print reporters to attend the event, Biden spokesperson Alexander says.
“A full transcript of the Vice President’s remarks will be sent out this afternoon,” Alexander says.
Biden’s speech could be a major moment in the Employee Free Choice fight, so stay tuned.
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I’m tired of the corrupt Fox Network. Them along with CNBC, the financial network that missed the greatest economic collapse since the great depression now giving us advice on Obama’s economic plan have to be loosing credibility.
They constantly misinform the public then never go back and correct themselves.
supposedly Fox is correcting. we’ll see…
urns out, though, that this particular meeting will be more accessible to the public than it might have been — thanks to the White House. The AFL-CIO tells us that their meetings are traditionally closed to the press entirely. But Biden’s office asked the union to make an exception and allow a pool of print reporters to attend the event, Biden spokesperson Alexander says.
“A full transcript of the Vice President’s remarks will be sent out this afternoon,” Alexander says.
Ok, lets see if I have this right – Fox News is making merdre up and lying again.
{{{{yawn}}}}
I do love how this WH catches Fox flat-footed every damn time and points it out. The joke is growing.
Tena, recall that Obama was one of the ones who went on Fox, to the dismay of the left. seems like they’re taking on Fox more frontally now.
Tena, recall that Obama was one of the ones who went on Fox
Yes, and Obama was also the first candidate to freeze them out for lying; during the campaign.
Does anyone besides the 26% or so who still buy-in to the conservative myth take Fox seriously anymore? Of course, what am I saying? CNBC is just as bad -
After reading the article, I just feel that I really need more info. Can you share some resources ?