Yesterday President Biden kicked off his first "big boy" press conference in a long time in the most predictable way possible: 

The natural next step for everybody was to wonder if the questions were also scripted and shared in some way.

NBC News' White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell, who is also the head of the WH Correspondents' Association, took offense to such claims:

Where would anybody get the idea that the White House provides the questions in advance (or the press clears the questions with the WH's press office)?

There are reasons people are skeptical:

Reporters could submit their questions in advance, or, worse yet, the White House could just tell them what questions to ask (as was the case with this Philly radio host).

Combine that with a Milwaukee radio station admitting that they deleted parts of a Biden interview at the White House's request, and it couldn't be more obvious that the press and administration in some cases work hand-in-hand. 

The press trying to help Dems cover up the reality about Biden and suddenly not being able to sustain the charade only added to skepticism of "journalism."