28th June 2024, 4:14 PM
The press' decision to go all-in for Trump, as they have for a long time now, is something so far beyond unacceptable I don't even know what to say. I wonder, how often do journalists/pundits wake up in a cold sweat, worried about the idea that Biden, the most boringly average person in America in a lot of ways, might (gasp!) win again? It's got to be frequent. He was so bad for their ratings! They want the good old days of Trump constantly making front page news back so badly, and it shows.
Do they care about the people trump will hurt? No. Do they care that Trump hates the concept of a free press? they sure should, but for some reason, no. Are they interested in the policy issues discussed at the debate? No, not really. They only seem to care about optics.
And on that note, yeah, Biden showed his age at times, particularly early in the debate, and clearly had a cold. his performance was uneven. However, claiming that that was somehow worse than Trump's constant stream of threats and lies, as most of the press is right now, is utter insanity! Claiming that Biden should withdraw from the race because of this while saying how much Trump won the debate by is ludicrous. It's also, honestly, probably somewhat prejudiced -- I mean, it was clear that, maybe because of the stress or the cold, Biden's stutter was a larger problem than usual early in the debate. The media don't seem to have any sympathy for that and instead are ripping Biden to shreds for the cold the stutter, and that he is old. This is wrong.
Yes, Biden is old, and it showed in this debate; he's not as young as he used to be, clearly. But on the issues he clearly still understands them and is on the right side of every issue. On the note of issue and debating, though, as Biden said after the debate, debating against someone who lies every time they open their mouth would be incredibly difficult. If the media people at CNN running the debate called Trump on his lies during the debate, as they should have, it would have gone differently. They chose to not fact-check until after it was over, which is far too late. Why? There is not reason to do that other than to help Trump.
Do they care about the people trump will hurt? No. Do they care that Trump hates the concept of a free press? they sure should, but for some reason, no. Are they interested in the policy issues discussed at the debate? No, not really. They only seem to care about optics.
And on that note, yeah, Biden showed his age at times, particularly early in the debate, and clearly had a cold. his performance was uneven. However, claiming that that was somehow worse than Trump's constant stream of threats and lies, as most of the press is right now, is utter insanity! Claiming that Biden should withdraw from the race because of this while saying how much Trump won the debate by is ludicrous. It's also, honestly, probably somewhat prejudiced -- I mean, it was clear that, maybe because of the stress or the cold, Biden's stutter was a larger problem than usual early in the debate. The media don't seem to have any sympathy for that and instead are ripping Biden to shreds for the cold the stutter, and that he is old. This is wrong.
Yes, Biden is old, and it showed in this debate; he's not as young as he used to be, clearly. But on the issues he clearly still understands them and is on the right side of every issue. On the note of issue and debating, though, as Biden said after the debate, debating against someone who lies every time they open their mouth would be incredibly difficult. If the media people at CNN running the debate called Trump on his lies during the debate, as they should have, it would have gone differently. They chose to not fact-check until after it was over, which is far too late. Why? There is not reason to do that other than to help Trump.
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