NewsBusters Podcast: This Wasn’t a ‘Big Boy’ Biden Press Conference [Video]

President Biden may have avoided a “total collapse” without “drooling,” but his evening press conference was not a “big boy” event. The questions were soft, and the list of reporters guaranteed lighter questioning.

CBS reporter Nancy Cordes offered one of the biggest softballs, asking the president to describe Kamala Harris’s best qualities and qualifications. NPR reporter Asma Khalid also seemed to be boosting Kamala by asking Biden where his promise to be a “bridge” to a new generation of Democrats went.

Old New York Times hand David Sanger ate up 11 minutes of the event with three soft questions on China. This was the part where some journalists touted Biden’s command of foreign policy.

Still, some bizarrely claim the media are pro-Trump. At a Friday panel discussion at The Washington Post,Jonathan Capehart was reading angry messages about the alleged anti-Biden press, that “gives the distinct impression that Biden’s health is a greater threat to American democracy …