Media reports question US democracy

NEW YORK - Though US President Joe Biden hosted the so-called Summit for Democracy last week, the democracy situation in the host country has been questioned by world media, including the US ones.

"American democracy is under strain. It won't be saved by summits or speeches," said an article published on the website of New York Daily News on Sunday.

According to the article titled "Democracy nadir: While President Biden hosts a summit, the American Republic is sorely tested," there are many political problems that require the Biden administration to fix right, such as the legislature-made difficulty for many citizens to vote and the widening partisan divide.

On Friday, another report published by the AFP said, "Biden's democracy appeal also met a mixed reception at home."

"How dare Biden lecture a @StateDept#SummitForDemocracy today while refusing to pardon" Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Daniel Ellsberg, a US military analyst, was quoted as saying in his tweet by the report.

"Washington wants Assange to face trial for WikiLeaks' publication in 2010 of classified military documents relating to its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq," the report said.

Ellsberg accused Biden of "killing freedom of the press for 'national security,'" the report said.