Democrats outright expect journalists to "be on their side" and feel "horrified" when they're pressed by journalists.
A "prominent White House reporter" made that remark while speaking anonymously to journalist Julia Ioffe for an article on the dramatic shift in coverage of the Trump and Biden administrations, notably the expectation from the latter of positive framing.
"Democrats in general have a much thinner skin," the reporter said. "This is not unique to Trump but Republicans never expect a fair shake, so if you cover them fairly, you can have a good working relationship with them. Democrats de facto expect you to be on their side and are horrified when you hold them to account as you would any other administration. It goes back to the Obama years. [Obama staffers would be] like, ‘Don’t you realize that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition?!’ And I would be like, ‘Yes, but I’m writing about why your website keeps crashing.’"
ROFL!
Red's source is a Fox News article.
What's funny is the article bemoans a "honeymoon period" that the press has given Biden. What goes unsaid, by article or Red, is that while Biden may be enjoying a relative easier relationship than Trump did, it might be explained by,
1-Biden's non-adverserial approach and respect for journalists, as opposed to Trump's open hostility to a functioning free-press.
2-regular WH press conferences where there is a professional conducting real Q&A with the press. Respect begets respect.
3-600,000 Americans died due to Trump's incompetence with covid, and the press understood Trump's complicity and negligence. How fucking polite do you have to be to a fucking serial killer?
4-Scandal after scandal by the Trump administration. Serial cons and a serial killer, might provide fertile soil for investigative fervor.
In contrast Joe's Mr Clean.
Red and Fox may mock the first 6 months of the Biden-press relationship, and Red may ROFL, but Fox News lost all objectivity and they sucked Trump dick for 4 years, and then took it up the ass, rather than act as responsible journalists.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-reporter-democrats-expect-journalists-side-skin