He also returned to a theme from last year's speech, saying that America's 'democracy remains at risk' from misinformation and 'poison' in some sections of the press. He said of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges, that he was 'working every day to secure his release.' 'I'd call Fox 'Honest, fair and truthful.' But then I'd be sued for defamation,' Biden cracked to a packed ballroom in Washington, D.C.īiden also struck serious notes, emphasising the importance of a free press.

Right-wing channel Fox News - who recently settled a $787.5-million defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems, and then this week ousted host Tucker Carlson - took multiple jabs from the president and this year's headliner comedian, Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. He then joked: 'You say I'm over the hill, Don Lemon would say, 'That's a man in his prime,'' dragging the former CNN anchor days after Lemon was fired following his sexist and ageist comments made against Nikki Haley. You say I am ancient, I say I'm wise' Biden said. How can I dislike a guy who makes me look like Harry Styles?'

'Look, I get that age is a completely reasonable issue,' he said, before sharing his perspective: 'You might think I don't like Rupert Murdoch. President Joe Biden balanced jokes with a reverence for a free press during his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday, roasting media figures, politicians and himself.īiden, 80, nodded to recent media coverage about his age as he seeks another four-year term. President Joe Biden claps as comedian Roy Wood Jr., a correspondent for The Daily Show, speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

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