<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-times" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> publisher A.G. Sulzberger said the White House is &#8220;extremely upset&#8221; with unflattering coverage of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> in regard to concerns about his age and low approval numbers.</p>
<p>In an interview with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, which was <a href="https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-york-times-publisher-g-sulzberger-our-industry-needs-think-bigger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> online on Monday, Sulzberger stressed the need to keep tabs on Biden as well as former President Donald Trump as they both run for a second term.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are going to continue to report fully and fairly, not just on Donald Trump but also on President Joe Biden,&#8221; Sulzberger said. &#8220;He is a historically unpopular incumbent and the oldest man to ever hold this office. We’ve reported on both of those realities extensively, and the White House has been extremely upset about it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Biden&#8217;s approval numbers have, on average, <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hovered in the upper 30s</a> since early November while more than half of poll respondents disapprove of his job in office. His age — 81 — and tendency to make gaffes has spurred anxiety about Biden&#8217;s ability to lead effectively in a second term.</p>
<p>The New York Times has published reports over the past several weeks and months blaring headlines such as &#8220;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/us/politics/biden-congressional-democrats-concern.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats in Key States Worry Biden Could Be a Drag on Their Races</a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/us/politics/biden-trump-aging.html#:~:text=Instead%2C%20while%20Mr.%20Biden%2C,felt%20the%20same%20political%20blowback." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why the Age Issue Is Hurting Biden So Much More Than Trump</a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/us/politics/biden-memory-age-democrats.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eight Words and a Verbal Slip Put Biden’s Age Back at the Center of 2024</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>Former New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan <a href="https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-medias-circular-logic-and-destructive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently suggested</a> Sulzberger ought to urge editors to lay off coverage and commentary on Biden&#8217;s age while the White House <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-spokesman-complains-media-coverage-bidens-cognitive-ability-striking-inaccuracies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> members of the media for how they tackled special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s report that found the president had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-has-significantly-limited-memory-didnt-remember-when-he-was-vp-or-when-son-died" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memory issues</a>.</p>
<p>Sulzberger argued that keeping a focus on Biden should happen regardless of how many stories need to be written about Trump as he faces a bevy of high-profile criminal and civil cases, among other issues, while they both campaign for the White House.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are not saying that this is the same as Trump’s five court cases or that they are even. They are different,&#8221; Sulzberger said. &#8220;But they are both true, and the public needs to know both those things. And if you are hyping up one side or downplaying the other, no side has a reason to trust you in the long run.&#8221;</p>
<p>New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie, who has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/opinion/trump-campaign-biden-aging.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> Trump has shown cause to be more concerned about his mental state than Biden&#8217;s condition, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ny-times-crushes-biden-avalanche-criticism-following-hur-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News</a> that he doubts there is an &#8220;ideological turnaround happening&#8221; at the newspaper because there are &#8220;too many &#8216;true believers'&#8221; on payroll.</p>
<p>&#8220;This sort of short-term criticism of Biden is not likely to be significant or long-lasting unless the president has another obvious public setback and national pressure builds to replace him altogether as the party nominee,&#8221; Bouie said.</p>

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