President Biden was photographed holding a note card during Wednesday’s news conference, revealing the stage managing behind many media events.

Source: White House press conferences have a dirty little secret – The Washington Post

White House press conferences are staged, with full knowledge of the media – who never reveal this secret to the public and engage in a pretend real-time press conferences. Questions are submitted in advance and the President is prepped with note cards. The public only sees the charade and spectacle of reporters asking questions – not realizing it is all 100% stage managed.

This enables politicians to ensure they only address a curated set of topics.

The media is complicit in this and doesn’t tell you, the reader, until they got caught at it.