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It is widely known Democrats exert influence behind the scenes over progressive mainstream media. Now, former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign has taken it a step further, issuing an outright demand that news networks stop having President Trump’s attorney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, on as a guest.
“We write to demand that is service to the facts, you no longer book Rudy Giuliani, a surrogate for Donald Trump who has demonstrated that he will knowingly and willingly lie in order to advance his own narrative,” campaign aides wrote in a letter sent to the heads of major news and cable networks.
The letter, first reported by The Daily Beast, marks an unusual step by a presidential campaign in a primary. While campaigns often demand fair treatment and equal time with their direct competitors, it is extraordinary for someone locked in a primary battle to reference an opposition party campaign before the nomination is in hand. The wording of the demand is also different as it attempts to paint Giuliani’s claims are debunked when, at this point, nothing has been proven one way or the other regarding his son, Hunter Biden.
Biden Campaign Demands TV News Execs Stop Booking Rudy Giuliani
The Biden campaign letter goes on to note that “Giuliani is not a public official, and holds no public office that would entitle him to opine on the nation’s airwaves.” And it demands that if the former mayor is put on the airwaves, “an equivalent amount of time” be given “to a surrogate for the Biden campaign.”
In a text response to The Daily Beast, Giuliani said the Biden letter “sounds like the usual left wing censorship. Everything I say is supported by such as today, affidavits and statements. They are the ones who have covered up pay for play for at least 5 years.”
Political campaigns have complained about bookings since the advent of politically-oriented television news. But rarely, if ever, has one campaign made an affirmative demand that a top aide to a rival candidate no longer be given a platform.
Opinion
This letter was meant mostly for the executives at the networks, but it was also intended for the American people. They knew this would get leaked. They banked on it. Now, they have a platform through which they can make their case that Giuliani’s complaints are inaccurate.
It is less about trying to censor Giuliani and more about having the counter-narrative in place as Giuliani is brought in to be interviewed. It also prompts his supporters to echo the demands that Biden surrogates are brought in to counter the attorney’s claims.
On the surface, this seems like a smart move. But it’s one born from the desperation of a campaign that realizes its frontrunner status is slipping away. It’s a calculated risk as leaking the document means they will get attacked for demanding censorship. Their hope is the Democratic base they covet is less concerned about censoring a Trump ally and more concerned about how Biden responds to this mess.
Either way, it’s a bad look for the former Vice President who now appears to be weak. This letter sounds like something a parent would send a school demanding those bullying their child get reprimanded by the principal.
Quote
“While some Democrats have reveled in Giuliani’s news tour, noting that he has managed to implicate several top State Department officials in his scheme to pressure Ukraine leadership to dig up dirt on Hunter Biden, the Biden campaign clearly does not share that schadenfreude.” – Maxwell Tani
Final Thoughts
It sounds like Biden’s campaign is worried about becoming the focus of the impeachment inquiry. The walls are closing in on him, as the left often says about President Trump. The difference is these walls are real and Biden’s campaign is crumbling.
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