White House Faces Tough Questions After President Biden Compares Indian and US Media
White House press secretary Jen Psaki had to face some difficult questions in the daily briefing on September 27 over US President Joe Biden’s comments that the Indian media is “better behaved” than its American counterparts. During his first in-person bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on September 24, Biden indirectly criticised American reporters for asking questions that are not “on point”. Defending Biden’s remarks, Psaki said, “I think what he said is that they’re not always ‘on point’. I don’t think it was meant to be a hard cut at the members of the media.”
We spoke to senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to understand the context of Biden’s comment and what press freedom means in a well-functioning democratic system.
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