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Today, @ProPublica published the unedited video of John J. Harwood’s 21-minute interview with @POTUS @JoeBiden from September 2023: https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-interview-unedited-september-2023 https://youtu.be/oZFeBHWtgzs?si=shB-lADhjv9yxyBF

It is a model for the sustained, substantive, conversation the President will need to seek out & have with independent journalists each week to mitigate legitimate concerns of Americans have about his age and fitness to serve after the debate.

We’re Releasing Our Full, Unedited Interview With Joe Biden From September

Following Biden’s poor debate performance against Donald Trump, we’re releasing the full and unedited 21-minute interview we conducted with President Joe Biden nine days before his interview with Special Counsel Robert K. Hur.

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Mark McCahill Jul 3, 2024

@ProPublica @digiphile
Can we also have “weekly sustained, substantive, conversation Donald Trump with independent journalists capable of fact-checking each assertion to mitigate legitimate concerns of Americans have about his age and fitness to serve” ?

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Alex Howard Jul 3, 2024

@mpm earnest answer: Few print or broadcast journalists have successfully interviewed Trump: Jonathan Swan, Chris Wallace, & Jake Tapper in 2016, when he asked Trump 23x about a racist statement. Mehdi Hasan could, but Trump would never agree. Would need to innovate in format.
Snarky answer: the world knew Trump was unfit for public service when he first ran, & he demonstrated it over 4 years in the most corrupt administration, culminating in an attempted autocoup & conspiracy to defraud the USA

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RealGravitas -Citizen Saboteur Jul 3, 2024

@digiphile @ProPublica Also, read this: https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2024/Items/Jul01-3.html

Biden's Aides Are Perplexed

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