The radio station that hosted President Joe Biden’s first post-debate interview on Sunday minimize ties with the host who carried out the interview after he admitted to asking Biden questions given to him by his crew.
The questions have been drafted by White Home officers after which despatched to radio stations by Biden’s presidential marketing campaign.
Andrea Lawful-Sanders, host of “The Supply” on WURD in Philadelphia, instructed CNN that “the questions have been despatched to me for approval. I approve them.”
“I obtained a number of questions, eight of them, and I authorized solely the 4 that have been chosen,” he added.
CNN video of radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders admitting she “authorized” Biden-scripted questions, resulting in the termination of her employment at WURD. She was upset that media retailers solely pulled the clip the place Biden mentioned she was a black girl. pic.twitter.com/X3K1vsBh3L
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Sarah M. Lomax, president and CEO of WURD Radio, mentioned in a press release that the interview was organized and negotiated with out the “information, session or cooperation” of WURD’s administration.
“The interview featured predetermined questions supplied by the White Home, which violates our apply of being an impartial media outlet accountable to our viewers,” the assertion mentioned. “Because of this, Ms. Lawful-Sanders and WURD Radio have mutually agreed to disassociate, efficient instantly.”
“WURD Radio stays an impartial voice that our listeners can belief to carry elected officers accountable,” the assertion continued. “As Pennsylvania’s solely impartial black-owned speak radio station, WURD Radio has constructed that belief with our listeners over our 20-year historical past. It is one thing we take very severely. Agreeing to pre-determined questions jeopardizes that belief, and it is a Not practices that WURD Radio engages in or endorses as a matter of apply or official coverage.”
Lomax added that the radio station is “not a mouthpiece for Biden or every other administration.”
