Joe Biden Repairs The White House-Media Relations Trump Damaged

     Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, has almost a decade of experience stemming from various press roles in the Obama administration, and she also worked as a reporter herself. Therefore, the climate in which White House press conferences are held has changed dramatically since President Biden took office. Psaki began her first conference not by lying, but by recognizing the reporters for their contribution to educating the public and free speech. When she did not know an answer, she indicated as such instead of making a number up on the spot.

     This trend has continued in recent press briefings. No insults were hurled at reporters and no shouting matches have broken out. Even President Biden has indicated that he will fire press relations staff who treat reporters with disrespect and has taken even the most semmingly-hostile questions with grace and striven to answer them. 

     This is an important change for the press-White House relationship that serves to educate and inform the American people, and it is an important change made in just a week.