When it comes to President Joe Biden and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, there is little attempt to hold her or Mr. Biden accountable for statements they make. These actions come in sharp contrast to the national media during President Donald Trump’s administration, which at least weekly would hold him or his press secretary responsible for misstatements or lies. The press should consistently point out statements that are not true, unless they are opinions.
Here are three examples of statements Ms. Psaki made in March that went unchallenged by most of the media.
Ms. Psaki said there was no plan for COVID-19 vaccinations from the previous administration. She said, “There was no real plan, we were left no plan by our predecessors. We needed to put into place a plan to not only get enough access to vaccines, but also ensure there were enough vaccinators and vaccine locations.”
Paul Mango, deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2019-2021, disagreed: “We left the Biden team with 65 meticulously designed and evaluated vaccine administration plans — one from each of the 64 jurisdictions and one overarching plan from the CDC.” Mango went on to say that “the Biden team precisely executed all major elements of our plan and only failed in the three initiatives they took that were not in our plan — federally run mass vaccination sites, a door-to-door knocking campaign, and federally imposed vaccine mandates.”
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