[See NewsBusters for more.] Unlike ABC, CBS Mornings on Friday actually called out the Biden administration’s hypocrisy over whether Russian sanctions work or don’t. ABC’s Good Morning America, however, pretended like Joe Biden hasn’t repeatedly contradicted his own White House on the issue.
On Friday, reporter Ed O’Keefe played a clip of the President responding to a question about whether sanctions will make Vladimir Putin change course. Biden responded with this incredibly claim: “I did not say that, in fact, the sanctions would deter him. Sanctions never deter.” O’Keefe didn’t let that stand, noting: “He didn't say it, but senior administration officials said before Russia invaded that's what he believed.”
Over on Good Morning America, Cecilia Vega let Biden get away with these direct contradictions. She simply averted her gays to the flip flopping: “President Biden announcing new sanctions on more than 400 Russian lawmakers, state-owned defense companies and dozens more Russian elites. The President insisting NATO's unity will defeat Putin.”
. Craig Millward
