The Philadelphia radio station WURD has parted ways with a host who interviewed President Biden on Wednesday using questions provided to her by the Biden campaign, after the station said the interview violated its journalistic independence.
WURD said in a statement on Sunday that “agreeing to a predetermined set of questions jeopardizes” its listeners’ trust.
The host, Andrea Lawful-Sanders, resigned in a mutual agreement, according to WURD.
Ms. Lawful-Sanders asked Mr. Biden questions that could be considered softballs in his first interview with a journalist since his uneasy debate performance the previous week.
The station said the interview and questions were independently arranged by the host for her program, “The Source.” Ms. Lawful-Sanders did not respond to a request for comment.
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