On Sunday, President Joe Biden spent another weekend on vacation on the beach in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware while the country literally and figuratively burned. While Biden was getting into his presidential limo, he was asked by two reporters for his thoughts on the rapidly rising death toll due to the out-of-control wildfires in Hawaii. Biden’s callous response of “no comment” led to outrage on Twitter and elsewhere throughout the country. Despite the newsworthiness of Biden’s dismissal response to the death and destruction, all three evening news broadcasts ignored it.
Instead, ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News thought local weather reports (ABC & CBS) and a report that ex-NFL player Michael Oher from the movie “The Blind Side” saying he was never really adopted and was tricked into signing a conservatorship (NBC).
Meanwhile, on Fox News Channel’s Special Report, anchor Bret Baier spoke to White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich about the latest Biden controversy.
“The President spent several hours on the beach at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware yesterday,” Baier said. “And when he was leaving, after that, reporters asked him about the rising death toll in Hawaii, specifically Maui, those wildfires.”
After airing Biden’s dismissive comments toward those killed or injured, Baier responded: “He said 'no, no comment.' And that got a lot of criticism online and elsewhere.”
From there, Heinrich confirmed that “It did get a lot of criticism.”
“He ran for office on his own empathy. The White House was asked today in the briefing if he had been instructed, you know, not to comment on this or if he planned to comment about it in the future,” Heinrich noted.
“We know we are going to hear from him later on this week. He’s got an event, a press conference on Friday,” Heinrich revealed. “But they did not really give a solid answer as to why in that very moment he chose not to give a comment to this state that has been going through so much strife.”
This bias by omission from the big three evening news broadcasts was made possible by Ensure on ABC, Allstate on CBS, and Liberty Mutual on NBC. Their information is linked.
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FNC’s Special Report
8/14/2023
6:10:28 p.m. EasternBRET BAIER: Jacqui, the President spent several hours on the beach at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware yesterday. And when he was leaving, after that, reporters asked him about the rising death toll in Hawaii, specifically Maui, those wildfires. Take a listen.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: Mr. President, any comment on the rising death toll in Maui?
JOE BIDEN: No. No comment.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: Will you come talk about the Hawaii response, Mr. President?
BAIER: He said no, no comment. And that got a lot of criticism online and elsewhere. Any response?
JACQUI HEINRICH: It did. It did get a lot of criticism, Bret. Because it was a lay-up to just say something about the loss of life and his concerns. You know, he ran for office on his own empathy. The White House was asked today in the briefing if he had been instructed, you know, not to comment on this or if he planned to comment about it in the future. They said that he will be speaking about this. We can expect to hear something from the President. We know we are going to hear from him later on this week. He’s got an event, a press conference on Friday. But they did not really give a solid answer as to why in that very moment he chose not to give a comment to this state that has been going through so much strife, Bret.
BAIER: Yeah. It was strange. Jacqui Heinrich live on the north lawn. Jacqui, thank you.
