The Monday evening edition of the PBS NewsHour featured a spicier-than-usual “Politics Monday” segment with NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, both seeing a more favorable issue landscape for President Joe Biden. But it was co-anchor Geoff Bennett that sucked up to Biden the most.
The term “illegal” is considered offensive on the left, and Biden eventually bowed to media and left-wing pressure to apologize for his word choice. PBS aired the relevant clips:
Co-anchor Geoff Bennett lunged immediately to shield Biden from Trump.
MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart asked Biden do you “regret” the word choice, and he agreed. Even on screen at MSNBC, the screen read “Biden regrets calling migrant an ‘illegal’ at the SOTU.” He didn’t say “sorry” or “I apologize,” but how desperate is PBS here?
Tamara Keith of National Public Radio came with the requisite spin.
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