• Fox Corp asked to cancel a Super Bowl interview with President Joe Biden, the White House said.
  • Biden was to speak on Fox Soul, a digital television network operated by Fox Television.
  • Interviews with the president are a tradition on Super Bowl Sunday.

Fox Corporation has canceled a Super Bowl interview with President Joe Biden, the White House said Friday.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted that Biden was looking forward to discussing the Super Bowl, the State of the Union, and "critical issues impacting the everyday lives of Black Americans" during an interview on Fox Soul, a digital television network operated by FOX Television Stations "dedicated to the African American viewer."

"We've been informed that Fox Corp has asked for the interview to be cancelled," Jean-Pierre tweeted.

A Fox spokesperson did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

It's customary for the president to give an interview to the network broadcasting the Super Bowl on the day of the game.

On Thursday, CNN reported that Biden had not yet committed to a pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox News, quoting a source at the channel familiar with the matter. Since Fox is airing the Super Bowl, the interview by tradition would go to Fox News.

Biden has not granted the right-leaning network an interview during his presidency, CNN noted.

This is a developing story.

 

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