Sage Steele, a former ESPN anchor, recently admitted that her interview with President Joe Biden in 2021 was tightly controlled and scripted, its purpose to push a very specific narrative. According to Steele, it was a far cry from an open dialogue; instead, it felt more like a performance choreographed by ESPN’s top brass. It’s hardly shocking that the same outfit that penalized Steele for commenting on the COVID vaccine and former President Barack Obama was micromanaging interviews with Biden, a man who often struggles to string together a coherent sentence.
According to Steele, her questions for Biden were scripted down to the letter, a directive that came straight from the network’s executive floor. The topic? A return to normalcy in sports amid the pandemic and the push for vaccinations, with Biden predictably urging Americans to “follow the science.”
Steele’s recounting of the interview sheds light on the broader issue of media manipulation and the unsettling compliance of news outlets with political narratives. It wasn’t just about ensuring she stuck to the script; it was about ensuring that Biden’s messages went unchallenged, even when he controversially supported the MLB All-Star Game’s boycott of Atlanta over Georgia’s voter ID law—a move he described as “Jim Crow on steroids.”
Moreover, Steele’s reflections on Biden’s mental sharpness—or lack thereof—paint a concerning picture of the president. Before the cameras rolled, Biden’s confusion over the interview’s purpose and even Steele’s identity was telling.
“They keep a black, like, curtain over the lens of the camera, so you can’t see him until the last second, but you can hear, and we’re chitchatting… So I can hear him, and he goes, ‘What is this for?’… And he’s, like, ‘Who am I talking to? Wait—what’s her name?'”
Sage Steele on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast
Steele’s revelation hits on two critical points for the American public. Firstly, it unveils the lengths to which the liberal media will go to coddle Joe, meticulously scripting interviews to cast him in an unfailingly positive light. Secondly, it shines a spotlight on the stark reality of Joe’s declining mental faculties. The whole Biden Presidency is a carefully orchestrated facade, with the powers that be betting on the American public to fall for it hook, line, and sinker.
