Radio Station Cuts Ties with Host Who Used Pre-Approved White House Questions in Biden Interview

A Philadelphia radio station severed ties with one of its hosts over the weekend after she admitted to asking President Joe Biden a list of pre-approved questions sent by White House officials ahead of the interview.

Andrea Lawful-Sanders, a radio host with Philadelphia’s WURD, tendered her resignation on Saturday after telling CNN’s Victor Blackwell that she received a list of eight questions before her interview with Biden on July 3. Prior to her resignation, the host said she approved four of the eight questions and asked them during the radio interview with Biden — the first with the president to air following his poor debate performance on June 27.

The interview “was arranged and negotiated independently by WURD radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders without knowledge, consultation or collaboration with WURD management,” WURD Radio president and CEO Sara Lomax said in a statement on Sunday.