Radio shock jock Howard Stern lashed out at critics who suggested the White House had fed him questions ahead of his sit-down interview with President Joe Biden.
Stern called out YouTuber David Pakman, who said that Stern’s interview had been a good one but wondered whether the White House had prompted him to ask specific policy questions, and denied that Biden’s staff had any influence over what he’d chosen to discuss.
Pakman had suggested Biden’s team was behind him asking about a new policy regarding airline cancellations — namely that the airlines would have to immediately refund ticket prices for canceled flights — but Stern said that the question had actually been prompted by a conversation he had with someone on his show staff.
“Here’s what happened. When Joe Biden came in, the day before [producer] John Hein and I were talking about some of the accomplishments…