Questions Raised After WaPo Deletes Tweet Critical of Joe Biden After White House Complains

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By Sister Toldjah

That the mainstream media are in bed, metaphorically speaking, with Democrats is not exactly breaking or new news. But when news outlets make decisions about their coverage after prompting from a Democratic official – especially those who are in senior White House positions and for seemingly no apparent reason other than the fact that the official in question didn’t like it, that definitely raises eyebrows and is worthy of a closer examination of what happened.
 
On Friday, the Washington Post published a piece on how President Biden makes it a point to attend and speak at the funerals of political figures, using recent examples such as the funeral for the late Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) and former Bush Sec. of State Colin Powell to demonstrate how Biden is supposedly the rare and magnanimous politician who doesn’t let political labels keep him from paying his respects when the time comes (which, in reality, are characteristics that are in no way unique to Biden nor any other Democrat).
 
Originally, the piece was promoted as an article that was somewhat critical of Biden’s approach, at least from the perspective of unnamed staffers. Here’s a screengrab (the archived version is here) of what one tweet looked like before the WaPo deleted it:
 


 
The below screen grab shows what the mobile version once looked like. As you see in both instances, the “hook” appeared to be how people on Biden’s staff weren’t comfortable with the amount of time he spent preparing for and attending visitations and funerals:
 


 
Several hours after the critical WaPo tweet went up, White House press secretary Jen Psaki complained about it.
 
“I will wait here for the apparent growing chorus referenced here who are opposed (that is right opposed according to this tweet) to a @POTUS who honors the lives of those lost, with empathy and grace,” she tweeted, including a link to the original tweet.
 
That was at 12:30 pm ET on January 8th. Roughly two hours and 15 minutes later, the Washington Post deleted the tweet and posted a new one that simply included the text of the headline along with a link to the piece.
 
“We’ve deleted a tweet that inaccurately represented the scope of the story,” they explained in a subsequent tweet.
 

 
In case either of those get deleted, here are screen grabs of them:
 


 
Not only did they delete the original tweet, but it also appears they deleted any reference in the actual story to Biden’s actions on this issue creating tension among his staffers. Here’s the link to the story. If anyone can find it any such references, contact me and let me know. I read the story several times, but maybe I missed the “staffer tensions” part of it.
 
In other words, anything negative about the report in the actual article and on social media promotions by the WaPo got scrubbed after Jen Psaki tried got triggered.
 
It’s one thing for a media outlet to issue a correction after a political figure and/or their handlers have demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that the outlet was factually incorrect. It’s another thing entirely for a media outlet to reframe a story and their promotion of it to something more favorable to that politician just because their inner circle had hurt feelings over it.

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If you notice the way Joe uses his own real or imagined past experiences when he talks in front of the bereaved, you can see what he’s doing.
He’s writing his OWN obituary.
He hopes to be lauded for both his real accomplishments (which are scanty) as well as his imagined ones.
So, those who met loved ones coffins after Joe’s Afghanistan F-up were told all about Beau dying.
Those in one state who lost homes and loved ones were told, falsely, that Joe’s house was once burned down from a kitchen fire.
Those in another state who had lost homes and loved ones were told, falsely, that Joe’s house was destroyed by a lightening strike.

Idiot Biden’s obit will simply read, “What took so long?”

harry was a POS. he was a pedophile and pathological liar like the f**k stick joe. Recall when he fell and “bruised his face”? the father of one of his victims caught him in a bathroom and pounded the crap out of him. no police report was ever filed, the victim’s father would have presented his sodomized son as proof and hasten reid’s political career.

Yet again, your own words reveal what you are.

“I’m Insulted You Asked That Question” – Biden Snaps at Reporter Asking About Stacey Abrams Snub (VIDEO)

stacy could not appear with biden because she was having her tires rotated.

she is running again for governor and she does not want to be associated with biden. Just like a growing majority of Americans 99+% who oppose biden

FJB

Maybe she’s afraid of running into any IRS personnel or a whaler.

And people like Greg wonder why thinking people are skeptical of liberal propaganda.

But, here’s the REAL story: why does he spend ANY time preparing for a funeral when he only puts in 4 hrs a day, 4 days a week?