The Fauci Administration? Biden’s Top Doc Did Five Times As Many Interviews as President in First Year

As President Joe Biden shied away from interviews and press conferences in the first year of his administration, his chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci took over the spotlight, sitting down for nearly five times as many interviews as the president.

According to an analysis by the Washington Free Beacon, Fauci gave at least 145 interviews in 2021, compared with just 22 interviews and 9 press conferences offered by Biden. Two of those interviews given by Biden were with nontraditional media organizations, such as his Feb. 3 interview with People magazine and his March 31 interview with ESPN.

Despite his lengthy press conference on Wednesday, Biden significantly trails his predecessors in time spent with news outlets. His predecessor, Donald Trump, held 92 interviews and 22 press conferences during his first year in office. Former president Barack Obama held 156 interviews and 27 press conferences.

Biden’s strategy of avoiding direct scrutiny from the press has resulted in criticism from left-leaning organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists. A Jan. 13 report from the group stated that “press freedom advocates remain concerned about issues like the president’s limited availability to journalists [and] the administration’s slow responses to requests for information.”- READ MORE