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By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
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<span class="date">14:28 10 Feb 2023, upgraded 18:07 10 Feb 2023</span>
- The White House is now declaring that President Joe Biden wished to do a Super Bowl sit-down with Fox Soul
- That’s the Fox-owned streaming service tailored for black audiences
- ‘We’ve been notified that Fox Corp has actually requested the interview to be cancelled,’ press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said
The White House is now declaring that President Joe Biden wished to do a Super Bowl sit-down with Fox Soul, the Fox-owned streaming service tailored for black audiences, however Fox’s business owner cancelled it.
‘The President was eagerly anticipating an interview with Fox Soul to go over the Super Bowl, the State of the Union, and important problems affecting the daily lives of Black Americans. We’ve been notified that Fox Corp has actually requested the interview to be cancelled,’ press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted Friday.
Fox is transmitting Sunday’s huge video game – in between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles – therefore if the president wished to take part in the Super Bowl interview custom, which was begun throughout President George W. Bush’s period, he’d likely need to speak with among Fox News’ reporters.
Biden has actually formerly entered into it with White House reporter Peter Doocy, describing him as a ‘foolish child of a b***h’ at an occasion last January.
Variety reported Thursday that Fox network executives were continuing as if the interview will not take place, though a last call had not been made.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not state what was occurring with the interview when inquired about it on board Air Force One on both Wednesday and Thursday.
‘I simply don’t have anything to share. We literally just finished with the State of the Union, so I just don’t have anything to share on … this Sunday,’ she said Wednesday.
Asked again Thursday she said she didn’t ‘have anything to preview on Sunday.’
Jean-Pierre was then asked why Biden would skip the chance to appear in front of such a large audience.
‘I hear – I hear the question. I just do not have anything to preview for you about Sunday,’ the press secretary answered.
She never mentioned that the White House’s preference was a sit-down with someone from Fox Soul.
During Fox News Channel’s State of the Union programming Tuesday night, anchor Bret Baier confirmed that the network had asked the White House for a Biden sit-down.
‘We have formally asked for that interview, but we have not received an answer yet, whether they are going to officially do it or not,’ Baier said. ‘We are running out of days.’
Baier and Fox News Sunday host Shannon Bream were being considered by the network to conduct the Biden interview, one source told Variety.
Former President Donald Trump also skipped a Super Bowl sit-down when it was with an unfavorable network.
For Trump, this meant NBC and NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt in 2018.
In the run-up to that Super Bowl, Trump had actually been critical of NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem, a demonstration against institutionalized racism.
In 2004, Bush 43 did a one-off interview from a snowy White House Rose Garden with CBS’ Jim Nantz prior to the Super Bowl.
In 2009, former President Barack Obama started the tradition in earnest – and sat for a Super Bowl interview during all eight years.
Trump participated in the Super Bowl interview three out of his four years, while Biden participated the last two years.
Biden seldom does one-on-one interviews, however did two this week following the State of the Union.
He sat down with PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff during his Wednesday trip to Wisconsin and Telemundo’s Julio Vaqueiro during his Tampa, Florida trip Thursday.
Still, some are questioning why he’d miss out on getting his message in front of such a big crowd.
‘The Biden administration is foolishly missing out on a massive Super Bowl pregame audience,’ one industry insider informed DailyMail.com.
