Radio station with Biden's first post-debate interview FIRES host for using questions provided by president's team

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Radio station with Biden's first post-debate interview FIRES host for using questions provided by president's team

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

The host of Joe Biden's first post-debate media appearance was fired after saying she received and used questions provided from the president's team ahead of the interview.

WURD Radio wrote in a statement on the decision to 'part ways' with host Andrea Lawful-Sanders:

The interview featured pre-determined questions provided by the White House, which violates our practice of remaining an independent media outlet accountable to our listeners.

The Philadelphia-based station added that the 'practice of de-legitimizing Black voices continues today' and is concerned that any perception of accepting prepared questions will make it seem that WURD Radio is a 'mouthpiece' for the Biden administration.

Lawful-Sanders admitted the Biden team sent her eight prepared questions to ask the President – and that she used four of them.

Radio hosts reveal Biden campaign sent them eyebrow-raising emails

Earl Ingram a host for WMCS in battleground state Wisconsin, and Andrea Lawful-Sanders at WURD in Philadelphia, were both sent the talking points this week.

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Second local radio host admits to getting questions from Biden team ahead of interview with president

Gabriel Hays

Sun, July 7, 2024 at 10:11 AM CDT·3 min read

 

Another local radio host who interviewed President Biden in the days following the presidential debate admitted that he received the questions beforehand.

In statements given to ABC News, Wisconsin radio station host Earl Ingram confirmed that he was given five questions to ask Biden during their recent chat and wasn’t able to get through all of them before the interview ended.

"Yes, I was given some questions for Biden," Ingram told the outlet on Saturday.

Ingram, who is the host of "The Earl Ingram Show" on WMCS in Milwaukee, was the second local radio host this weekend to admit they received a list of questions to use for interviewing Biden.

Andrea Lawful-Sanders, who hosts "The Source" on WURD in Philadelphia, told CNN anchor Victor Blackwell on Saturday that the questions for her interview with Biden "were sent to me for approval."

 

"I approved them," Lawful-Sanders told Blackwell, who detailed the questions, stating they were about Biden's accomplishments, debate performance, progress in both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, what's at stake in the election, and what he would say to voters who are considering not voting in the presidential election.

The CNN anchor also pointed out that the questions the Philadelphia host asked were "essentially the same" as the ones in Biden's interview with Ingram, who was also interviewed by Blackwell alongside Lawful-Sanders.

Ingram confirmed to ABC News that he was given questions from Biden’s team, mentioning that he "didn't get a chance to ask him all the things" he wanted before their time was up.

The outlet noted that the host said he didn’t see anything too problematic with being given the questions, and that he was just happy to have the opportunity to speak to the president.