President Joe Biden will give an interview to a Fox group broadcaster Sunday before the Super Bowl, the broadcaster said in a statement, after the White House initially claimed otherwise.
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“The White House contacted Fox Soul Thursday night and there was some confusion at first. Fox Soul looks forward to interviewing the President for the Super Bowl on Sunday,” a Fox Corporation spokesman said.
Joe Biden spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre previously claimed Fox Corporation, an arm of Australian-American tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s conservative media empire, had called for the interview to be “cancelled”.
She said in a tweet that the 80-year-old Democratic President was “excited to speak about the Super Bowl, his State of the Union address and important issues affecting the daily lives of African Americans.” “.
The Fox group’s best-known channel is Fox News, a news-only channel with a decidedly conservative cast, whose commentators and guests regularly target Joe Biden.
Traditionally, the American Football Championship Finals, the highest television viewership of the year in the United States, are preceded by an interview with the current president on the network that is broadcasting it.
This year, Fox is showing the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles clash on Sunday.
Last year, the game attracted more than 99 million viewers.
The interview is an opportunity for the White House tenant to be a little more relaxed, to talk about sports, but also to slip in some political messages.
There has been a lot of speculation over the past few days about how the interview will be conducted.
The Democratic president is often challenged by Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy. A few months ago, thinking his mic was off, he had created “Art of Asshole” in response to one of his questions.
The President, who doesn’t seem to hate his heated arguments with the reporter, called him to apologize.