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Biden’s ABC Interview Was a Necessary Appointment With the Public — and a Botched One


President Joe Biden's second press appearance, a 22-minute interview with ABC, was less an opportunity to clear the air than a necessary appointment

And, for a flickering moment in his interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos — aired as a 30-minute special Friday night after having been taped earlier that day — that covered for a lot. The format did him no favors in the first place, and Biden’s mien made clear that even the moderators fact-checking in real time (as CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash did not do) would not have saved him. And he, given a quiet space (an interview in what appeared to be a school library in Madison, Wisc., where Biden had been campaigning, as opposed to a debate stage on which he was being bayed at by Trump), was able to list off some of his accomplishments and some goals for his second term.

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