Team Biden takes media to task for what it's 'getting wrong', calls for increased scrutiny of Trump

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President Biden's campaign officials reportedly invoked a "coverage spreadsheet" during meetings with major newspapers as part of a wider pattern of pressuring the media to cover the campaign more to their liking.

Biden campaign officials trotted out a "coverage spreadsheet" during recent meetings with The New York Times and The Washington Post and pointed out issues they had with the leading papers' coverage as part of wider efforts to correct "what they're getting wrong," Semafor reported.

The meeting with The New York Times did not go well, according to Semafor, but others were reported to have been "productive." It is common for campaigns from both parties to meet with members of the press for off-the-record conversations to influence coverage or at least provide more context.

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Biden campaign officials specifically took issue with media coverage of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, according to Semafor, and feel the coverage was "too focused" on his legal problems. This comes after several complaints by the campaign, the White House and the president himself about the coverage of his administration.

The campaign called out The New York Times in November in a campaign email and argued that the outlet needed to be more critical of Trump.

"For the political press corp –