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2024-05-07 08:30:47 UTC
Radio shock jock Howard Stern lashed out at critics who suggested the White
House had fed him questions ahead of his sit-down interview with President
Joe Biden.
Stern called out YouTuber David Pakman, who said that Sterns interview had
been a good one but wondered whether the White House had prompted him to ask
specific policy questions, and denied that Bidens staff had any influence
over what hed chosen to discuss.
Pakman had suggested Bidens team was behind him asking about a new policy
regarding airline cancellations namely that the airlines would have to
immediately refund ticket prices for canceled flights but Stern said that
the question had actually been prompted by a conversation he had with someone
on his show staff.
Heres what happened. When Joe Biden came in, the day before [producer] John
Hein and I were talking about some of the accomplishments that we admire that
have gone on in the past four years, and John says to me, Hey, Howard, did
you hear what Joe Biden did with the airlines?' he said.
Cut the conspiracies, Stern said in response to rumors that Biden had been
wearing an earpiece during their conversation. Youve gotta f***ing be
kidding me! First of all, we controlled all the audio.
Stern went on to say that when he requested the interview, he had not wanted
it to turn into a long back-and-forth on political issues and policies.
My whole goal was not to sit there and talk politics. Im not into that. I
dont want to debate policy, he explained. My only agenda [was] I would
like to get to know the president because I suspect hes a very meaningful,
very thoughtful guy.
Sterns interview netted a series of wild claims from Biden, ranging from his
time as a lifeguard when he said that he saved half a dozen lives to his
assertion that he had been sent salacious photos from women shortly after
his first wife died.
[How was Stern able to reply with his pants on fire?]
--
Let's go Brandon!
House had fed him questions ahead of his sit-down interview with President
Joe Biden.
Stern called out YouTuber David Pakman, who said that Sterns interview had
been a good one but wondered whether the White House had prompted him to ask
specific policy questions, and denied that Bidens staff had any influence
over what hed chosen to discuss.
Pakman had suggested Bidens team was behind him asking about a new policy
regarding airline cancellations namely that the airlines would have to
immediately refund ticket prices for canceled flights but Stern said that
the question had actually been prompted by a conversation he had with someone
on his show staff.
Heres what happened. When Joe Biden came in, the day before [producer] John
Hein and I were talking about some of the accomplishments that we admire that
have gone on in the past four years, and John says to me, Hey, Howard, did
you hear what Joe Biden did with the airlines?' he said.
Cut the conspiracies, Stern said in response to rumors that Biden had been
wearing an earpiece during their conversation. Youve gotta f***ing be
kidding me! First of all, we controlled all the audio.
Stern went on to say that when he requested the interview, he had not wanted
it to turn into a long back-and-forth on political issues and policies.
My whole goal was not to sit there and talk politics. Im not into that. I
dont want to debate policy, he explained. My only agenda [was] I would
like to get to know the president because I suspect hes a very meaningful,
very thoughtful guy.
Sterns interview netted a series of wild claims from Biden, ranging from his
time as a lifeguard when he said that he saved half a dozen lives to his
assertion that he had been sent salacious photos from women shortly after
his first wife died.
[How was Stern able to reply with his pants on fire?]
--
Let's go Brandon!