Media watchdogs criticized Joe Biden’s rare New York Times interview about autopen signatures on clemency documents, questioning the timing and placement of key admissions in the report.
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TheNewYorkTimesisfacingtensescrutinyoverhowitframeditsinterviewwithformerPresidentJoeBidenoverhisWhiteHouse’scontroversialuseoftheautopen.
AfterdodgingTimesjournalistsforaninterviewthroughouthispresidency,Bidenspoketothepaper’sreportersinaten-minutephonecallregardingthegrowingquestionsfromPresidentDonaldTrumpandGOPlawmakersaboutthelegalityofBiden’spardonsinthefinaldaysofhispresidency,whichweremostlysignedusinganautopen.
TheTimesprintedtheheadline,“BidenSaysHeMadetheClemencyDecisionsThatWereRecordedWithAutopen.”Bideninsistedhe“madeeverydecision”onhisownandcalledTrumpandotherRepublicancritics“liars.”However,theTimesreportedinthe32ndparagraphofthelengthystorythatBiden“didnotindividuallyapproveeachnameforthecategoricalpardonsthatappliedtolargenumbersofpeople,
