Aubrey Gilleran: I'd believe this if their coverage of the immunity decision wasn't weak and both-sided. They have barely articulated the stakes of Trump's reelection, so I can't believe they are that concerned about it. Otherwise, we'd be seeing many more columns about those stakes.

the media, led by the Times, has done to Biden what they did to Claudine Gay at Harvard there is no way to convince the public, because the people who he needs to convince to do that (the media) are never going to tell the public that he’s fine I think dropping out is a when, not if at this point

"President Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week."

Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Racewww.nytimes.com The president’s conversation is the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday.

To hell with the New York Times, but I don't think these concerns are manufactured. Progressive spaces like TNR and Zeteo expressed immediate concern about Biden after the debate. But so did Never-Trump allies. The move to seriously grapple with stepping down is broad and organic.

The concern isn't manufactured. The fact that they can't move on to the much more serious threats from the right and the Trump immunity ruling shows what their priorities are.

Ensuring that we have a candidate capable of beating Trump IS worrying about Trump. Do you really have horse blinders on fixating on what Trump is doing to the point that you can’t see how this fits together?

I'd believe this if their coverage of the immunity decision wasn't weak and both-sided. They have barely articulated the stakes of Trump's reelection, so I can't believe they are that concerned about it. Otherwise, we'd be seeing many more columns about those stakes.

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